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Title: How do I decide? Post by wumply on Sep 24th, 2006, 7:29pm I know there are lot of files/programs here I am asking about. Please just give me whatever help you feel you wish to. If you can tell me per each listing, that would be helpful but you may prefer to generalize. These are the programs that AAK has asked me about as I have used my computer. And I am unclear as to whether I should allow the always or even only upon notification when they attempt to do what AAK alerts me to. I mean most of them at least seem to me “not out to get me”. Surely I should allow my anti-virus free rein fulltime (Avast) and certainly be as liberal with my firewall…(Sygate). And is there harm in letting Windows Explorer free rein or Windows Media Player? But what about the others? .exe’s for example? I know I can get a bit of info sometimes about these files from “file extensions” site online or from other sites—and they “might” encompass a virus. So I suppose you just play it say and don’t allow them. But might they not be necessary for some program to do something you want to happen? Can you give me your input on these programs—allow or allow only per each request. Or prohibit. How does one know? Ati (or ATI) is necessary for my video card to work.) Here’s what AAK is currently showing. All program/files currently have “allowed” re current status and all have “always allow” under Rules. C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe c:\WINDOWS\system32\SSSensor.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\clfmon.exe c:\FWINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe c:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2evxx.dll C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE c:\FFWINDOWS\explorer.exe Screenshot Capture Programs: c:\Program Files\AlwilSoftware\Avast4\ashSimpl.exe c:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\engine\... c:\Program Files\ScanWizard5\ScanWizard… c:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe c:\Program FilesSygate\SPF\Smc.exe c:\WINDOWS\sysstem32\shlwapi.dll c:\windows\temp\_ins5176_mp |
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Title: Re: How do I decide? Post by Eric on Sep 25th, 2006, 3:41am For your information: Whereas High Security Mode is level of maximum protection of you computer there is possibility of little discomfort during some applications use. Together with protection against any spy software Advanced Anti Keylogger has little influence on features of some applications connected with keyboard like hot-key combinations and others. That is why Custom Security Mode was developed. Custom Security Mode allows experienced computer users to avoid discomfort from above Advanced Anti Keylogger influence. Using configurable set of rules experienced user can allow operation of keyboard features for well-known applications and prohibit operation of others needless or unknown. In any case Custom Security Mode could be used with high caution. So, at first, you can try to switch Advanced Anti keylogger to the High Security Mode (i.e. set prohibited rule for all your applications), reboot computer and then test your alerted applications (avast, firewall and so on). If applications will work as you need, you can assign prohibited rules for those applications in the Custom Security Mode as well. Otherwise you have to follow next common steps for each questionable application: Common steps: ------------------ Prohibited rule -> Reboot computer -> Test application and if: Test is OK -> leave the Prohibited rule Test is False -> set the Allowing rule Our suggestions concerning your questionable applications: C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe c:\WINDOWS\system32\SSSensor.dll Common steps C:\WINDOWS\system32\clfmon.exe c:\FWINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll Allowed - this is Windows system application predefined as allowed in AAK by default. C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe c:\WINDOWS\system32\ati2evxx.dll Common steps. C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE c:\FFWINDOWS\explorer.exe Common steps. Your Screenshot Capture Programs: Prohibited rule for all. |
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Title: Re: How do I decide? Post by wumply on Sep 25th, 2006, 7:38am Eric, thanks for your response. I shall take its advice. But there is something I don't understand. You recommended preventing all screenshot captures. Well my anti-virus program captures screenshots. So does my firewall. My scanner software does screen captures. And so does my browser, Fireefox. These programs could hardly be out to make off with information I would not want others to have access to, so why is it advisable to prevent their capturing screenshots. |
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Title: Re: How do I decide? Post by Eric on Sep 26th, 2006, 7:02am Screenshot capture feature can be prohibited for the most of applications including your scanner software (actually it has to scan your paper imagines but not your desktop imagines). If some of those applications are well known for you but not operates as you need you can allow screenshot capture feature for them. |
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Title: Re: How do I decide? Post by wumply on Sep 26th, 2006, 9:14am Well, that answers that, Eric. Thanks. John :) |