Computer protection

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Originally Posted by drift_g35

Are you worried about a virus only or are you worried about sensitive data on your Mac? There are lots of things that can happen that you would never know about. Make sure you enable the firewall at a minimum. I think it's called vault something and its already installed on your machine. I also use avg virus software on my Mac. I'm over paranoid though because I'm studying for a few cyber security certifications.


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I guess mainly viruses. Of course I'm not worried about being too protected

You can get ClamAV off the app store for mac. Between that and running Time Machine for backups, you should be in great shape.

Let's bump this up. I just got a laptop again for the first time in many years (windows 10). What anti-virus do you guys like right now for Windows machines? I've only turned the computer on a few times here and there, but would like something in place before I start using it for real.

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Originally Posted by Irving

I've only turned the computer on a few times here and there, but would like something in place before I start using it for real.

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Before you start surfing porn.

Just having some fun Stu.

Before I start trying to bulk up my plex account and download the programs I need for work. :)

I installed Malwarebytes last night but fell asleep before I could go through all the settings.

Are you looking for real-time prevention or after-the-fact detection/deletion? Are you wanting to pay or stay free?

I've used AVG free and Avast free. Both seem to work well, both will poke you periodically to upgrade to their paid product, but nothing horribly intrusive. Avast seems to be a little less resource intensive, but neither really slows down a reasonably modern computer.

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Originally Posted by CavSct1983

Are you looking for real-time prevention or after-the-fact detection/deletion? Are you wanting to pay or stay free?

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Yes free, and real time sounds ideal.

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Originally Posted by Irving

Yes free, and real time sounds ideal.

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Defender provides real-time protection. Whether or not protection should be in quotation marks is perhaps another topic.

Microsoft Security Essentials is ok for a Microsoft Product and it is built very well to work with Windows 10.