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  • @pussific2582
    @pussific2582 2 года назад +1527

    1. Autoruns - 0:23
    2. Process Explorer - 3:38
    3. PeStudio - 5:05
    4. HxD - 6:00
    5. Comodo Free Firewall - 7:11
    6. Bitdefender and Kaspersky - 9:11
    7. Bitwarden - 10:17

    • @viniciusnoyoutube
      @viniciusnoyoutube 2 года назад +8

      Thanks

    • @utilizator500
      @utilizator500 2 года назад +32

      BitDefender is no longer free.
      Edit: apparently I'm wrong

    • @Tecra-md3by
      @Tecra-md3by 2 года назад +7

      @@utilizator500 Yes it is

    • @TheHobbitmann
      @TheHobbitmann 2 года назад +2

      @@utilizator500 yes this version is free

    • @AuriosCPU
      @AuriosCPU 2 года назад +4

      @@utilizator500 Yes it is but the product is somehow hard to find, it's like hidden...

  • @JerniganJ111
    @JerniganJ111 2 года назад +1292

    I wish there were links to these things in the description. Just knowing the name alone isn't always great considering there's usually a metric ton of different DL links when looking these up and it can get tricky to find the official links. The first result isn't always the safest or official one.

    • @JerniganJ111
      @JerniganJ111 2 года назад +442

      @@helmi8962 Obviously sherlock. Sometimes the official website's URL aren't obvious and are sketchy themselves which is why other websites with similar links can be mistaken as a trustable source, which is why I made my comment lol.

    • @jibberjabber6919
      @jibberjabber6919 2 года назад +51

      I reckon he omits the links in the description on purpose. To force people to watch the whole video.

    • @tablettablete186
      @tablettablete186 2 года назад +32

      @@helmi8962 Certified Bruh moment!

    • @JerniganJ111
      @JerniganJ111 2 года назад +115

      @@helmi8962 Yes, obviously that's an option but it is time consuming. It would be highly convenient and time saving if the links were readily available in the description though.

    • @helmi8962
      @helmi8962 2 года назад +24

      @@JerniganJ111 remember, cybersecurity is time consuming. Not everybody can do it

  • @R1po
    @R1po Год назад +20

    This channel is great. Can't believe I just found it now after it's been on yt for 11 years. Not that I use the torrent anymore or visit shady sites like in my youth (20 years ago), but every once in a while I get curious if my system is clean. And while the topic of pc security always tickled my curiosity, I never dived really deep into it. This here has the right balance. So thank you, for making these.

    • @namanthacker
      @namanthacker 3 месяца назад

      I have been using torrents since 2015
      Never had to visit any shady or sketchy site

  • @reguluscorneas6669
    @reguluscorneas6669 2 года назад +41

    Would love to know more of these types in different categories. This was so informative

  • @computernerdtechman
    @computernerdtechman Год назад +342

    We use Autoruns in our PC Repair shop. But please beware, this is a really powerful tool (it makes changes to the Windows registry) and if you don't know what you are doing and delete the wrong stuff you can seriously screw up your system. With that caveat, it's a great tool.

    • @feelincrispy7053
      @feelincrispy7053 Год назад +95

      Windows: stop explorer process tree?
      12 year old me: yeaaaahh! 😀
      2 seconds later: 😮

    • @rogerramjet6429
      @rogerramjet6429 Год назад +38

      @@feelincrispy7053 the 12 yo son of a female friend of mine, considered himself a PC expert, a few years ago, then tried deleting the system32 folder.
      Lasted about 3 seconds then shtf big time.
      I'm really not sure what he was trying to do, except maybe show off to me, due to me working on computers since the original IBM XT/AT series in the 80s.
      I reinstalled windows then set up accounts for each individual in the house but gave him less access than his 10 yo sister.
      Complained about not having access to various folders, so I told him I don't have my life to sit there fixing his fk ups because he thinks he knows everything.
      Since gaming became all the rage I got fed up with dealing with the BS from kids and parents that just blame others for their problems, and then quit the industry.
      Got fed up with having to chase payments from nasty people that think I had to cover everything under a warranty that had nothing to do with me, as well.
      Abuse and a smashed item due to rage isn't a valid warranty claim by anybody under any circumstances.

    • @feelincrispy7053
      @feelincrispy7053 Год назад

      @@rogerramjet6429 lol well to be fair little kids are called little shits for a reason. Every computer wizz use to be that kid deleting things and adding software to see what will happen. Kids like to impress older people too. It’s in their nature.
      As for the rest it sounds like you were working a regular western lower-middle class job having to deal with shit you don’t get paid enough for just like the rest of us western plebs haha. How good is it!

    • @edwardmacnab354
      @edwardmacnab354 Год назад +3

      @@rogerramjet6429 should have upgraded to windows pro and showed him how to use hyper-v

    • @Turco949
      @Turco949 Год назад +11

      Agreed. At the very least, every user should check the "Hide Windows Entries" under Options to hide most of the system critical entries that no user really needs to mess with anyway.

  • @Ran6ger
    @Ran6ger 2 года назад +220

    Would love to see Comodo’s container stress tested!

    • @deltashit
      @deltashit 2 года назад +13

      Yes please

    • @samyakshahare9411
      @samyakshahare9411 2 года назад +8

      I have tested against ransomeware. And it protected against encryption my files

    • @zlq4704
      @zlq4704 2 года назад +6

      Since it just put everything unknown into its sandbox, I don’t think this test is necessary. It's better to see if an unknown but safe software can run without issue while it's "contained" incorrectly.

    • @krillAmorim
      @krillAmorim 2 года назад

      There is a Chanel called vibe tech testes many antivírus and cômodo take a look
      ruclips.net/user/VibeTech

    • @Lordseydu01
      @Lordseydu01 Год назад

      Shitty software literally bootlooped my PC

  • @Minnka_
    @Minnka_ Год назад +60

    I would recommend Comodo only as Firewall - Keeping HIPS and VirusScope enabled made the comodo process use 18-23% CPU power all the time even when in idle. Also Comodo HIPS generated ton of false-positive alerts, it's still great as firewall but other functionalities just take up too much resources

    • @Azure70
      @Azure70 Год назад +8

      For advanced users, yeah, HIPS would be useful.
      For newbies or less advance users, HIPS disabled and auto sandbox enable, would be the better and most user friendly option

    • @reasoningtruth
      @reasoningtruth Год назад

      18-23% processor power? What processor do you have? I WAS going to take a look at it.

    • @somethingelse9228
      @somethingelse9228 5 месяцев назад

      HIPS helps me understand what the program is doing in the background, so I like to keep it on even with the high processor usage.

  • @DavidM2002
    @DavidM2002 Год назад +77

    I would add Microsoft's Task Scheduler to this list. Poke around on the left hand side first and you will see some familiar names. The number of your apps that are set to run on startup and and periodic intervals checking back with the mothership is quite an eye opener. I found one app that was checking for updates hourly. You may actually want to keep them but you can alter to time and frequency that they are calling home. The TS can be a very good tool once you figure out its inner workings.

    • @BVasquezp
      @BVasquezp Год назад

      Windows task manager also lists apps on startup.

    • @kamilkampfwagen
      @kamilkampfwagen 11 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@BVasquezp It doesn't list the scheduled tasks. An app may use registry for running at startup and a task or service for update checks.

    • @geraldabeyawardena5606
      @geraldabeyawardena5606 5 месяцев назад

      What's in it for the free tool provider?

  • @olymoon2008
    @olymoon2008 Год назад +3

    Extremely useful video, thank you. I just have a new computer, and need to setup good security in it, what you explain is exactly what I need. I can't thank you enough.

  • @monoklmen
    @monoklmen Год назад +6

    Great video! Would be lovely to have links for each of the services in the description, although maybe I am just of a lazy nature. Thanks for the content.

  • @user-hk7fz5yj8e
    @user-hk7fz5yj8e 9 месяцев назад +2

    Would love to see Comodo’s container stress tested!. It can't get anymore simple than this. Thank you soo much howtobasic!.

  • @CrazyCat229
    @CrazyCat229 Год назад +1

    Thanks so much for making this video its soo hard keeping up with all the new good programs that don't cost money!

  • @GainingDespair
    @GainingDespair 2 года назад +36

    Comodo with the CruelSister configuration (can be searched for) is very strong, basically auto sandboxing non whitelisted software, and preventing said software from connecting to the internet. They keep a preset list of approved whitelisted software so really not much if any user input is needed when it comes to the whitelist.
    Folks have test the config in the past and as far as I can tell nothing has gotten past it yet, though that is mostly due to the program sandboxing the unknown software with restricted permissions. You can still run non-whitelisted software it just runs sandboxed, and in the off chance they haven't already reviewed the software you can manually whitelist it.
    I had to do so like 3-4 times in the 2-3 years I used it.

  • @ashwani14august
    @ashwani14august 2 года назад +20

    Wow! This video is extremely helpful.
    All applications are very useful.
    Please keep posting videos like this every once in a while

  • @galacticag7270
    @galacticag7270 Год назад

    I am brand new to DAW and soft soft - these tutorials are excellent an very helpful to get soone like up and running. Appreciate

  • @fadyalhabib5127
    @fadyalhabib5127 Год назад

    bro, you just helped me with the malware I was facing thank you a lot keep going love you your the best

  • @aldrydd1
    @aldrydd1 2 года назад +3

    Thanks for the advice!

  • @crowruin2
    @crowruin2 2 года назад +8

    I use Comodo Firewall (been using it since 2012) and I paid for Bitwarden premium back in December so I could use it with my Yubikey
    I was thinking of installing Bitdefender over MS defender but I saw that BD does not have a silent mode unless you pay for total security (gaming mode profile)
    I know KSC does work with Comodo Firewall but I never figured out how to get rid of the incompatibility popup that would constantly appear

  • @zakariyaechmaili5647
    @zakariyaechmaili5647 Год назад

    I got hooked by your channel with this beautiful video ❤️

  • @SanguineAnarchist
    @SanguineAnarchist 2 года назад

    Loved the video, thanks for the recommendations!

  • @chrisfahie2767
    @chrisfahie2767 Год назад +5

    It can't get anymore simple than this. Thank you soo much howtobasic!

  • @PEdulis
    @PEdulis Год назад +7

    Thanks for the list. I missed malwarebytes and spybot search & destroy, two tools that I use regularly on all my windows computers.

    • @sjsphotog
      @sjsphotog Год назад

      Also check out Spyware Blaster (blocks intrusions on all your browsers) and also SuperAntispyware Free

    • @nilpo
      @nilpo Год назад

      Spybot S&D? Maybe ten years ago. It's detection rate today is far below the industry average.

    • @nilpo
      @nilpo Год назад

      @@sjsphotog SuperAntispyware isn't that great. It offers no protection against malicious links, phishing attempts, and has a pretty low overall detection rate.

  • @SayneTV
    @SayneTV Год назад +1

    Really awesome video and especially inspiration. Thank you !

  • @beaem8132
    @beaem8132 Год назад

    Thank you saved me a lot of time trying to browse videos for an actual working one

  • @seanleastria4478
    @seanleastria4478 2 года назад +10

    Thumbs up! This is very helpful. Does Comodo alert or at least list any outbound attempt? I have tried Comodo awhile back, and didn't notice any method for blocking outbound attempts. Especially from the built in spyware in Windows.
    Windows 11 is more like an anti-OS since it doesn't do what OS is supposed to do. But rather, it runs more like malware than an operating system. Not all malicious activity is about stealing identity or compromising anything. But can simply fall under general illegitimate activity which tens to consists of three characteristics.
    A - unsolicited activity. Activity not requested or even in the awareness of user. B - surreptitious activity. Activity hidden from the user. And in many cases difficult to detect. C - self reinitiating/replicating. Activity with multiple failsafes for the purpose of continued persistence with no regard to user. Often completely against user. All of this is known as illegitimate activity. Which is a form of malicious activity. This is how malware behaves.
    All the same can be said about illegitimate data collection - malicious/spyware. All the type of data collection in Windows 11 falls under A, B, C.
    This is the opposite of OS function. To provide user interface for managing applications and hardware on a machine. Applications don't need OS. This was even the standard in the good old days. But OS allows for software to be developed for OS. The OS can interface with the hardware. But the main aspect is the UI and functions of OS that are meant for user to fully control everything. Yet much aspects of Windows works against this.

  • @Enkde
    @Enkde Год назад +3

    i can recommend also using simplewall by henry++, a great and lightweight tiny firewall - a must have.

  • @lii1Il
    @lii1Il Год назад +1

    Can't tell you how useful this vid is! Ty!

  • @serasaurusrex
    @serasaurusrex 6 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you, this was very helpful.

  • @whutwasidooing
    @whutwasidooing 2 года назад +6

    Been using Process Explorer for years, highly recommend it. Much more in-depth than Task Manager.

    • @ImLasu
      @ImLasu 4 месяца назад

      You can turn on "CPU History" per process as well // really good for diagnosing some processes that take to much CPU but in short intervals.

  • @prototry
    @prototry 2 года назад +18

    When buying a new computer, I personally just take a look at the software and find the brand's utilities that I may need in the future then do a clean install to remove all the bloatware.

    • @Mr_Crypt
      @Mr_Crypt 2 года назад +7

      That's exactly correct. You don't need anything to remove bloatware, just reset the computer once you get it and make sure to uncheck include preinstalled software. It's that simple

    • @jaxonfreeman1756
      @jaxonfreeman1756 2 года назад

      Indeed. However, windows itself loads and autoruns features and apps that you may not want even after a clean install. There are also intrusive microsoft reporting services running. So... If you really want total control out of the box... use Linux ;)

    • @oliviadrinkwine1411
      @oliviadrinkwine1411 2 года назад

      I do this as well the moment I got this computer downloaded Rufus and Windows 10 and did a clean install now I just use arch, Ubuntu or any other number of Linux distros.

    • @prototry
      @prototry 2 года назад

      @@oliviadrinkwine1411 Yeah lol

    • @prototry
      @prototry 2 года назад

      @@jaxonfreeman1756 ikr

  • @CurbSideManor
    @CurbSideManor 2 года назад +1

    I find it fascinating that all the programs you mentioned, I don't run my computer without them being present and up to date. Comodo when I put it on my system i run it to notify me of everything that tries to connect online for about 3-5 days. You'll be amazed at what do, that doesn't need to. Especially Microsoft stuff.

  • @jdhorton1432
    @jdhorton1432 2 года назад +1

    This was GREAT!! Thank you so much!

  • @Tomb_Raider123
    @Tomb_Raider123 2 года назад +5

    Would love to see Trend Micro in action again. Its been 4 years since Leo had tested the Trend Micro product.

    • @nilpo
      @nilpo Год назад +2

      It's probably been that long since anyone has seen Trend Micro in action....it doesn't detect much.

  • @StirsMYCookiez
    @StirsMYCookiez 2 года назад +4

    Glad to see Bitwarden on here!! Nice work

  • @SchinTeth
    @SchinTeth 2 года назад

    Great list, thank you Leo

  • @22locor
    @22locor 2 года назад +2

    Been a longtime user of Bitwarden. Love it.

  • @DevideNull
    @DevideNull 2 года назад +3

    A downside that I think Bitdefender has (may be an advantage for some people?)
    I tested it on a laptop.
    It seems it will reset windows update during installation.
    Which I have used a PS script a long time ago to disable it for good reason.
    I did not notice it for a while.
    Eventually, I had to reinstall the system.
    Because windows auto update will cause problems with some hardware that requires unsigned third party drivers.

  • @TheCocoaDaddy
    @TheCocoaDaddy 2 года назад +9

    Awesome video! I was surprised by the mention of Comodo firewall. Is the default Windows firewall not as good as the Comodo firewall or does the Comodo firewall simply have useful features the Windows firewall doesn't have? Also, would it be worth running the Comodo firewall on a machine on a network that's behind a pfSense firewall? Thanks for posting!

    • @dave6593
      @dave6593 2 года назад +1

      I second this^

    • @jackmio
      @jackmio 2 года назад

      he showed in a previous video that any virus worth their salt can run a command to allow themself through the windows firewall

    • @TheKb117
      @TheKb117 2 года назад

      Waiting for experts here...🙏

    • @leeuniverse
      @leeuniverse Год назад +4

      Windows Defender is "okay", but Comodo Firewall would generally be better. Also, it allows you to "configure" what you want to connect to the internet so you have full control, gives you alerts when things are connection and you choose, etc. You can configure it to work how you want.
      Windows Defender in contrast is stupid... Personally right now I'm using "TinyWall" which works in conjunction with Windows Defender if I remember right (doesn't replace it), so I have control of things still but the basic firewall is still there. But, I used to for years use Comodo and was happy with it, good for the general user.

    • @TheCocoaDaddy
      @TheCocoaDaddy Год назад

      @@leeuniverse Thanks for the info!

  • @wajeehrehman7522
    @wajeehrehman7522 2 года назад

    Another great video Leo thank you so much.

  • @JswahSwitch
    @JswahSwitch 2 года назад

    Hey, so you're using Bitdefender along side COMODO correct? On my attempted install Bitdefender complains about my other security solutions. I.E COMODO and Malwarebytes, do you just skip this and use the lite version as Bitdefender suggests?

  • @SniperOwl
    @SniperOwl 2 года назад +159

    O&O ShutUp10++ is also a really nice tool to disable telemetry and other privacy and security invading windows "features".

    • @bazthedev
      @bazthedev 2 года назад +5

      O&O AppBuster is ok too

    • @thisathema
      @thisathema 2 года назад +9

      And Windows but enterprise edition. Whats great is that you dont need any third party tools, just standard gpedit.

    • @oliviadrinkwine1411
      @oliviadrinkwine1411 2 года назад +4

      Or there are scripts now that do the same thing and are open sourced if you wish to go that route. But other then that ShutUp10++ is decent I've used it before I realized my mic doesn't work with Windows 11.

    • @brianfrank7167
      @brianfrank7167 2 года назад +5

      @@thisathema true. but most younger generation users are getting away from ole gran'daddy Group Policy and Active Directory. Times Change.

    • @22locor
      @22locor 2 года назад +1

      Certainly doesn't play well with Windows 11 from my experience. A number of settings reset during Windows updates, and they're constantly updating 11 right now. Though, as long as you're on top of re-importing settings, it works okay.

  • @j.d.4697
    @j.d.4697 Год назад +3

    I used to use Comodo and BitDefender, but especially BitDefender would sometimes give me issues.
    99% of the times it was completely unintrusive, but there were 2 or 3 programs, such as games, that would either not run/install properly or stutter a lot even with BitDefender disabled, only resolving it when I completely uninstalled the AV.

    • @SalvadorSTMZ
      @SalvadorSTMZ Год назад

      I experienced the same thing with Kaspersky Cloud free. Some local connections would not function correctly even after disabling Kaspersky completely. Only way it would work is by exiting Kaspersky or uninstalling.

  • @apreviousseagle836
    @apreviousseagle836 2 года назад +2

    I'm a big fan of NetLimiter as secondary firewall (over the main one like pfSense)

  • @Armmani2000
    @Armmani2000 2 года назад

    Priceless, thanks a lot!

  • @kcrelax3330
    @kcrelax3330 Год назад +7

    Something that sucks about Process Explorer is the use of Virus Total. Virus Total is a big privacy hazad if not used correctly as it uploads files that are used so if you scan somthing personal, most likely it is logged.

    • @soundspark
      @soundspark Год назад +2

      Unless you are developing custom executables, it's not a risk. It only uploads executables for the programs you are using.

  • @ddabrahim
    @ddabrahim 2 года назад +22

    Love it how Comodo is one of your first recommendation yet you refuse to do a malware test for years to see how much protection it is actually provide. I've been using Comodo for years and I was begging on this channel for years to do a test to see if it was a good choice. LOL

    • @naegleriafowleri2230
      @naegleriafowleri2230 2 года назад +4

      Comodo firewall isnt even available anymore

    • @starkbeatle4516
      @starkbeatle4516 2 года назад

      @@naegleriafowleri2230 wdym

    • @nomoretalk2967
      @nomoretalk2967 2 года назад

      he did a test with comodo

    • @starkbeatle4516
      @starkbeatle4516 2 года назад +1

      @@nomoretalk2967 when was this

    • @TheJoBlackos
      @TheJoBlackos 2 года назад +3

      I would not touch Comodo products from 50 feets, and I know they do a lot of security stuff and have a big market share

  • @ZOMBINETIC
    @ZOMBINETIC Год назад

    hank you soo much very direct link n works for me love the way you expressed the installation .

  • @lorrewatkins5925
    @lorrewatkins5925 Год назад

    Thank Man so much for theses great tools, your doing a Awesome job !!

  • @averageconsumer007
    @averageconsumer007 2 года назад +3

    Please do an indept video on autoruns and process explorer.

  • @tcctech3211
    @tcctech3211 2 года назад +8

    you should really link Official Links for anything you suggest so they do not get a HACKED version of the programs because hacked version of these programs are all over the place

  • @aland9328
    @aland9328 2 года назад

    Excellent Video! Now I'm curious make a video of guardio test

  • @NotSqd
    @NotSqd Год назад

    Woah, great video mate!

  • @eraldorh
    @eraldorh 2 года назад +4

    Does kaspersky security cloud go well with comodo firewall? or do they conflict or cause problems?

    • @khusanturaev5991
      @khusanturaev5991 2 года назад +3

      They work fine together, but you will see notifications from Kaspersky sometimes (not often) saying that they are incompatible. I have both Kaspersky and Comodo free installed.

    • @eraldorh
      @eraldorh Год назад

      @@khusanturaev5991 Tried them, didnt work well together at all. It completely broke the asus armoury crate which is essential for creating and controling overclocks, decreasing cpu power for better temperatures, fan curves ect. It broke it so badly that i had to do a system restore to get it working again.

  • @tylercoombs1
    @tylercoombs1 2 года назад +37

    Given the current geopolitical tensions right now I wouldn't recommend using Kaspersky's AV, they're likely fine because most of their operation runs from Switzerland and is predominantly owned by a UK company.
    With that being said, one of the lead devs is a former FSB officer(Russia's CIA) and Kaspersky's is HQ'd in Moscow we don't know definitively what their ties are like with the Russian gov.
    If you're Russian, you probably don't want to use it either it could be used, theoretically, to track your activity across the internet
    The rule of thumb is that you always want to decrease your attack surface, so when in doubt...

    • @REZNON
      @REZNON 2 года назад +1

      Well, but who can guarantee that bitdefender doesn't spy on us, or symantec... Whatsoever... If the Russians have the opportunity to spy on me why shouldn't the other's have similar goals? Shall we be so naive to trust US/UK/China/Australia/Japan/India/Armenia/Israeli...any government so much to think those political so-called "authorities" do not give an effort of inserting not so healthy parts of a code into any software created under their "coverage"?
      As the source codes of all those products remain definitely closed then all of the authors may have some hidden "secrets" which may ruin all your dreams of security. Thus the only solution in any case still remains the ditching of all the proprietary software and turn to the free and oppensource community.

    • @j0hnr3x
      @j0hnr3x 2 года назад +2

      This comment needs more likes, so more people see this.

    • @Malossianoplus
      @Malossianoplus 2 года назад +4

      Yeah and most people have Facebook, Twitter, Instagram that ofc doesn't share nothing.. what a stupid mentality.. and most site u vist take a track of your cookie for "information".. yeah..

    • @tylercoombs1
      @tylercoombs1 2 года назад +1

      @@Malossianoplus FB isn't HQ'd in a de facto dictatorship nor was it created by a former FSB officer, you should be very careful installing any apps that get root privileges

  • @GersonHM4
    @GersonHM4 Год назад

    Can you use comodo firewall with another AV? cuz I have the bitdefender firewall, is it good enough?

  • @cdm297
    @cdm297 Год назад

    Excellent video, forwarded it to my peers too 🙂

  • @bazthedev
    @bazthedev 2 года назад +3

    Can you talk about the efficiency of ransomware from Kaspersky and no more ransom?

  • @PurpleCrow27
    @PurpleCrow27 2 года назад +5

    Anyone got direct links to these original sources/coders/creators/websites?

  • @jj9k
    @jj9k Год назад

    thank you for this. very helpful. i have "kaspersky standard" which i think has a firewall - is it worth installing comodo in addition? thanks again

  • @shinichikudo520
    @shinichikudo520 Год назад

    Wanted to thank you for a great vid. Helped a lot. I've been trying to get going in both soft soft and didn't get very far. TNice tutorials vid helped a

  • @hircine92h
    @hircine92h 2 года назад +4

    Hello Leo. I have a question: Since you've been using Windows 11 for some time now, would u recommend switching to Win11 right now for a gaming user? and is it stable enough?

    • @hircine92h
      @hircine92h 2 года назад

      @@excaliburx6356 Thanks for the advice. Other users told me that its stable and its as good or even better than Win10. Looks like I need to wait few more months before making the switch.

    • @Mario583a
      @Mario583a 2 года назад +1

      Windows 11 has been stable for gaming since forever.

    • @augusto3045
      @augusto3045 2 года назад

      Hircine, i have a ryzen 5600x 16gb ram e vídeo 1650ti and use Win 11 Pro and ok for games i play normal with 11 and i recommend you can use normal, so can upgrade of 10 to 11 and have fun too just need get used to the new changes but you'll like it I'm fine with Windows 11

    • @hircine92h
      @hircine92h 2 года назад +1

      @@augusto3045 So is it stable enough? Should I make the switch now or wait for few more months? Thanks for your reply.

    • @augusto3045
      @augusto3045 2 года назад +1

      @@hircine92h I've been using Windows 11 Pro 64-bit for a while and everything is normal here. Just updated here a new KB and everything is normal. I would update it, yes I think it's stable.

  • @jritechnology
    @jritechnology Год назад +20

    Autoruns and Process Explorer are must have tools in Malware removal....I've been using them since 2004...great tools. Bitwarden I'm a *bit* in the air about since it becomes a PITA to type in your master password every time you want to include a new password into the vault, even on a trusted machine I am having to do this. It might be the way it interacts with my browser, I'm not sure at this point.

    • @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq
      @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq Год назад +5

      You shouldn't have to do that. If you use the browser extension or application, set the timeout to never.

    • @Slavolko
      @Slavolko Год назад +1

      @@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq You can set the timeout to never, but I wouldn't recommend that in case someone comes to your computer or if it becomes compromised with malware that targets Bitwarden. It's less convenient, yes, but it's something to at least recognize regardless of what route you take.

    • @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq
      @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq Год назад +1

      @@Slavolko Unless the malware includes OCR, surely the data remains encrypted for anything but Bitwarden? I don't know much about browser storage architecture, but otherwise, that'd be a problem anyway, right?

    • @Slavolko
      @Slavolko Год назад +2

      @@RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq I was mainly thinking about an OCR/screenshot malware, correct. I don't know if there's another way for malware to grab data from an open database, but for maximum security posture, you should assume there is.
      For a locked database, it's definitely encrypted and malware can't access it. An open database could be targetted by spyware though. Would you have other problems if that were the case? Yes, but it also doesn't hurt to close the Bitwarden vault after a few minutes.

    • @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq
      @RokeJulianLockhart.s13ouq Год назад +1

      @@Slavolko I didn't realize that OCR-capable malware existed yet. I swear that malware developers are secretly the guys that push programming along with their weird polymorphic AI-supported shenanigans.

  • @appher
    @appher Год назад

    Thank you man for sharing this stuff

  • @TeaWrexs
    @TeaWrexs Год назад

    Great stuff. Thank you.

  • @zetectic7968
    @zetectic7968 2 года назад +3

    What no links in the description or a list the program names?
    Guardio - to get the full features $6 a month. I don't think so at that price when uBlock Origin is free and my AV costs 1/4 of that for 3 years

  • @AndreTech-ll7rt
    @AndreTech-ll7rt Год назад +3

    It would be nice if you would have provided the website to download these to make sure Im not downloading any malware

  • @adrianocastaldini
    @adrianocastaldini 6 месяцев назад

    Thanks for the video. Just a question: if I install Comodo Firewall, Defender's own firewall will be limited somehow? Thanks in advance.

  • @tankman66
    @tankman66 Год назад

    Fantastic, love ur channel!

  • @KathrynsTea
    @KathrynsTea 2 года назад +3

    Thanks for this great introduction! Very useful for a novice as myself.
    Can someone explain to me please, how is a password manager better than just having a different strong password for each different account? Is it not fundamentally less secure to have my passwords all stored beneath one master password? If that master password is exposed in some way, doesn't this make all of my accounts now vulnerable, especially with autofills?

    • @hugbearsx4
      @hugbearsx4 2 года назад +5

      Nobody in their right mind will tell you that a password manager is better than strong individual passwords. That being said, when one has to deal with dozens of passwords (multiple email accounts with multiple providers, utility providers, online shops, social media, forums etc) I can't imagine how anyone could handle all this information. So when one jumps from theory to practice the conclusion is that a password manager, while not „the best” solution, is the optimal compromise.

    • @KathrynsTea
      @KathrynsTea 2 года назад +1

      @@hugbearsx4 Thanks for that explanation! It makes more sense as a trade off.

    • @stevenliv5069
      @stevenliv5069 2 года назад +4

      One would expect the password manager to have 2FA enabled, so you are pairing a master password with the extra protections of 2fa.

    • @Snarkapotamus
      @Snarkapotamus Год назад +1

      Not really. Most people will simply store their passwords either on their phone or start writing them down on sticky notes and plastering them to their monitors/desk for all to see! I use a password manager every day and the only things you really need to be sure of when using one is that you use a super long/tough password (preferably 2FA), that you don't leave your machine unlocked when away from it and that nobody can shoulder surf...

    • @KathrynsTea
      @KathrynsTea Год назад

      @@Snarkapotamus Thanks for that explanation. I thought I was missing something that made password managers impossible to crack.

  • @pepeshopping
    @pepeshopping Год назад +7

    But remember!
    A “proper” malicious program would hook into the windows dlls in order to filter and hide itself!
    Which means: You can NOT find them with simple tools like this (unless you have the hash values for every file of every windows release and any/all windows programs).

    • @BenODen
      @BenODen Год назад +1

      Why hasn't anybody taken on this challenge? All of Microsoft's updates will have a given set of files it delivers to the computer, it should be possible to have a database of known bad and known good system files. Like haveibeenpowned but with a white list and a black list for files and their hashes. Maybe two hash algorithms to make it even more unlikely that a hacker could "shop" for a matching hash for their malware by judicious padding.
      But in general, a list of valid and invalid versions of system files is feasible and would provide value if it could be secured and kept up to date...

    • @Snarkapotamus
      @Snarkapotamus Год назад +2

      @@BenODen - Since hooking the file system at ring 0 is the preferred method of rootkits, you need to scan the drive OUTSIDE of Windows. Otherwise, the scanner would probably never see it...

    • @BenODen
      @BenODen Год назад

      @@Snarkapotamus I would welcome even a boot disk that runs this check against an os on the os drive. We have no absolute test on whether the os itself is compromised, correct?

    • @Snarkapotamus
      @Snarkapotamus Год назад

      @@BenODen - Actually, most AV vendors have boot disks (or the ability for the end-user to make one) for this very purpose...you can thank Sony BMG for the onslaught of rootkits over the last 20-years or so.

  • @Everrrrr
    @Everrrrr Год назад +1

    Wish I could like this video a million times. Wow this is an amazing video. Thank you.

  • @DeadlyShotGG
    @DeadlyShotGG Год назад

    Hello :) i already have Kaspersky Security Cloud - Personal on my pc, should i also install comodo firewall and use it just as a firewall with all the options on the right like Auto-Containment, HIPS, VirusScope disabled? Or am i ok with windows firewall? Let me know please and thank you so much.

  • @millanferende6723
    @millanferende6723 Год назад +6

    Hey PC Security thank you so much for recommending Comodo Firewall to us!
    It, combined with free Bitdefender and ConfigureWindowsDefender, has made me actually feel safe on my computer, for the first time in the past 5 years. (long story..)
    Could you please comment, if you would be so kind, what is the difference between the Free firewall and the Paid version? The latter has "Sophisticated buffer overflow protection", but is that really needed? What does that help against? (let's say if you are dealing with a live hacker on a network)
    Thank you and keep doing what you are doing!

  • @Ironbuket
    @Ironbuket 2 года назад +6

    Dont use bitdefender. It is broken at the moment and runs a forced scan every login 1hr after system up uses 100% disk and 15%cpu for 6-10mins. They are planning to fix this in the May 4th patch, try it after that if you like, but support say it will still run but and may be able to be turned off by users after that. Currently and for the last couple of months these forced scans have run and ignore the client's drive exclusions and all other settings turning off scans.

  • @daniellozano6908
    @daniellozano6908 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you very much !

  • @jaimequesada625
    @jaimequesada625 2 года назад

    Thanks for share this value information!!

  • @MrKra888
    @MrKra888 2 года назад +5

    Additional free tools I like are:
    1) Unchecky
    2) Complete Internet Repair
    3) Glary Utilities
    4) Super Anti-Spyware
    5) Lazesoft Recovery Suite
    6) MalwareBytes Browser Guard
    7) Adguard Browser Extension
    8) Adware Removal Tool
    9) ADW Cleaner
    10) Ninite Free Software Installer

    • @Uhtredrag1080
      @Uhtredrag1080 2 года назад +1

      wouldn't some of those conflict with each other?

  • @erickvond6825
    @erickvond6825 Год назад +9

    SpyBot Search & Destroy has been one of my favorite Non-Microshaft utilities. I know a lot of you are going to scoff at it. I use what works and it has a free version.

    • @notta3d
      @notta3d Год назад +4

      Wow! I haven't heard that name in 10 years.

    • @malcolmmarshall4371
      @malcolmmarshall4371 Год назад

      £22.00 a year that not free

  • @yashinisuki
    @yashinisuki Год назад

    What would be the correct way to disable Windows Defender if I would decide to use the Comodo instead? I'm already using Bitdefender Antivirus Plus (made a mistake of thinking that "Plus" comes with firewall)

  • @marcel_max
    @marcel_max Год назад

    Thanks for the info and the video. Is using comodo firewall enough so I can turn off windows firewall?

  • @bazthedev
    @bazthedev 2 года назад +3

    I installed comodo firewall and my pc wouldn't boot up until I system restored to before

    • @bf584
      @bf584 Год назад

      It came up as a virus according to windows defender.

  • @kinsurance1228
    @kinsurance1228 Год назад +28

    I would add malwarebytes to this. The free edition as a scanner is really good but premium version with all the goodies has not let me down for many years now.

    • @i-..--..--..-i6985
      @i-..--..--..-i6985 Год назад +8

      It misses stuff just like they all do. To get a heavily infested system clean you need to run several different programs in serial sequence. MalwareBytes, superantispyware, rogue killer, etc…. Before some genius pops up and says ‘just do a bre metal reload”, there are times you can’t do that for many many reasons. Old custom software that only runs on that old janky pc that no one even remembers who wrote it much less how to reinstall and configure it on the one in a million chance they actually have a copy of the installer. I’m not saying malware bytes is bad. It’s not. It’s great at keeping a clean PC uninflected. But in 27 years of working on PCs I’ve yet to see an all in one virus/anti malware software package that gets everything off an heavily infected PC in one pass.

    • @kinsurance1228
      @kinsurance1228 Год назад +1

      @@i-..--..--..-i6985 Well i agree with you :) there is no "One option that does it all". Still, if the user is using common sense along with Malwarebyte and premium edition of Eset or Kaspersky i belive you will have a pretty clean pc

    • @i-..--..--..-i6985
      @i-..--..--..-i6985 Год назад +10

      @@kinsurance1228 “Using common sense”. 😂🤣😂 I’d be out of a great job if that superpower was more common. I have multiple clients I HAVE to put a blank Word document shortcut on their Desktop. “Why?”, you ask. So they can open it and hit print to get a blank sheet of paper out of their printer to scribble on. Because opening the paper tray is to hard. Not kidding. Not one bit.🙄

    • @kinsurance1228
      @kinsurance1228 Год назад +1

      @@i-..--..--..-i6985 To be honest, i feel you. It used to be common, now it feels like a "super power".
      The war versus stupidity is over. We lost ........

    • @hbarudi
      @hbarudi Год назад

      Bitdefender and even norton have some of the highest detection rates on the market and can be used for your daily driver computer. But if we are talking about an infested pc, it is another story.

  • @mansoob
    @mansoob 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing

  • @AmazingPhilippines1
    @AmazingPhilippines1 2 года назад

    Thanks for the info!

  • @NaldinhoGX
    @NaldinhoGX Год назад +3

    Please sir, put the download links. Sometimes I don't trust myself enough to be sure I'm downloading it from the right place.
    But thank you, though!

  • @joepjoep9531
    @joepjoep9531 2 года назад +5

    Nice list. But as a free password manager and or paid I would rather choose keepass and my main reason not to use bitwarden unless self hosted is that it servers are in a five eye country.
    What do you think of this Leo. Curious for your answer. Also because for syncing reasons I am thinking about Nordpass based in Panama.

  • @1701_FyldeFlyer
    @1701_FyldeFlyer Год назад

    Awesome work and very interesting vid!

  • @TRYEYTSG
    @TRYEYTSG Год назад +1

    hey when iam open pestudio i can see only 3 category any idea y ?
    indicators
    virustotal
    strings
    and not match of information

  • @kamranrasheed4180
    @kamranrasheed4180 2 года назад +9

    Dude we want another Kaspersky vs Bitdefender 2022 for free and paid suite 🔥🔥

    • @j0hnr3x
      @j0hnr3x 2 года назад +1

      Kaspersky is Russian so I think this fact alone makes Bitdefender 99% more secure.

    • @kamranrasheed4180
      @kamranrasheed4180 2 года назад

      @@j0hnr3x There is no technical evidence that proves Kaspersky spies for the Russian govt

  • @1KEL0S
    @1KEL0S 2 года назад +3

    I don't know if I am the only one having this problem but when I installed Kaspersky cloud protection it uninstalled my kaspersky total security anyone knows why?
    And also anyone knows or have article about the difrence in kasperky versions by a region (you have to check for what region you want) and I would like to know if there is any defrence between them.

    • @NO-END
      @NO-END 2 года назад +2

      Cant run both at the same time.

  • @diysguy7277
    @diysguy7277 10 месяцев назад

    I have a different question; in Win 10 and 11 I opened Task Manger and under the Startup tab, Windows Defender of disable. I don't have another Virus or internet security other than what is provided by Microsoft. with that said; should Windows Defender be disabled? Windoes Security is Enabled but wondering about Windows defender...

  • @johnhack67
    @johnhack67 2 года назад

    Fantastic. Thank you

  • @Vilematrix
    @Vilematrix 2 года назад +5

    Thank you Leo. Ive downloaded autoruns64 and found out that my WPS tool of my wifi dongle had a keylogger bundled with it, now i could remove its boot entry :).
    Also can you make a video about the dangers of pre loaded software on USB/SSD/HDD's? ive recently bought a external samsung SSD and its pre loaded software installer is actually a full fledged spyware and keylogger. It was the tool that comes out of the factory and was counter signed and ranked as good by most AV vendors. Its purpose was to provide a option to set a passphrase and update the firmware of the controller.

    • @RogueVigilante
      @RogueVigilante 2 года назад

      this is very true however your wifi tool most likely was a keylogger for other people not for you but to capture passwords lol

  • @Reynardfoox
    @Reynardfoox 2 года назад +3

    but BD is heavy ram

    • @Wahinies
      @Wahinies 2 года назад +1

      It's quite sad how it went from one of the most lightweight and effective AV in 2016 and now is one of the most bloated and efficacy slightly less

  • @maniphotography276
    @maniphotography276 Год назад

    As for me, everything is simple and clear. Thank you very much for t

  • @notta3d
    @notta3d Год назад

    Are there any tools that can continuously log processes and what external connection they make or receive? Something like TCPView but at a system level? Our 3rd party security company is reporting connections from certain machines to known troubled countries. We're not sure if these are ads or something more. Wireshark will not work as we want the process that are making the connections. These connections are blocked at layer 7 but we will want to know what possible processes might be running on those machines.

  • @TheRossMadness
    @TheRossMadness 2 года назад +10

    An interesting free tool set is Comodo Cleaning Essentials. It’s basically SysInternals with built-in scanning through Comodo’s malicious signatures database.
    It would be neat to see it tested against Sysinternals to see if Comodo has done anything valuable making it. I’ve had some techs I’ve trained prefer CCE over SysInternals because it felt easier to use.

    • @nilpo
      @nilpo Год назад

      As far as I know, CCE hasn't been updated since around 2016. And the website currently doesn't load. I'm not sure this is even maintained anymore.

    • @tokar86a
      @tokar86a Год назад

      When i try to run it full system scan it corrupted my computer and preventing me from booting into my computer.

  • @Optimise247
    @Optimise247 2 года назад +10

    Glasswire is great. You can set it to show you everything that makes a new internet connection. And you can set it to do automatic virus total submissions of programs and show you the results.
    Many governments have been advising against using Kaspersky

    • @SelecaoOfMidas
      @SelecaoOfMidas 2 года назад

      Be aware that the Kaspersky warnings are as much 5th Gen warfare propaganda as they are healthy suspicion of anything on the internet.

    • @hircine92h
      @hircine92h 2 года назад

      oh ye because you absolutely "should" listen to what governments say

  • @olymoon2008
    @olymoon2008 Год назад

    Unfortunately Comodo firewall dont let me chose which program connect or not based on alerts and user decision... Or I didnt find how to configure this.

  • @shqiptar03
    @shqiptar03 2 года назад +1

    Is comodo a antivirus with a firewall or just a firewall? Can i run comodo together with windows security defender?