Just got a new Mac Desktop. Looking for recommendations on virus protection.
Thanks.
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Just got a new Mac Desktop. Looking for recommendations on virus protection.
Thanks.
Not a lot of viruses out there for iOS. I have never bothered with anti virus software.
I don't have a Mac, but Malwarebytes for Mac should be fine for most things.
https://www.malwarebytes.com/antimalware/mac/ << totally not a virus. :D
Malwarebytes is good. But like Ray said there's not a lot out for OSX, I've been running macs since about 03 and never worried about virus'. But it also comes down to the user and what he/she does on say the interwebz. I view virus protection like a condom, you maybe having fun without using protection but once your done you could be really F*%#! with out using it.
External hard drive and/or large capacity USB drive. Keep your data backed up and away from your working machine.
If you think your machine is infected/hacked, reload it from the restore partition and start over again. If you are up for it, not a bad idea to make a bit for bit copy of your primary hard drive and keep that on the side for the day when your drive dies.
Storage is cheap.
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Originally Posted by Mazin
That has really been my stance on it. This is now gonna be kind of a long story. I have a Garmin GPS for my vehicle that is a couple years old. I attempted to update it and couldn't so I called the support. The support guy needs to access the computer, so I allow it (I have nothing on here that will screw me). So during the access he reports that he cannot update the Garmin because I should have some kind of virus protection. I'm not sure if this is just a ploy for me to buy whatever they are pushing, which I didn't, because it was expensive and I'm sure there are more appropriate products. I'm not sure really what I would need for a computer that is 3 weeks old either. So that's why I got on this need for some type of virus protection software.
To piggyback on cstone... One of the first things you could/should do, is once you have transferred your files, run your preferred virus program to check everything for viruses, removed any software you don't want (more of an issue with pre-packaged Windows stuff), etc., is make clean, initial backup image of your machine to store on a device not-your-computer.
This way, you can back it up if it ever needs to be completely started over from scratch. Then, make backups of your data as you go along (say, once a week or after anything epic in its importance).
http://osxdaily.com/2012/05/23/creat...ac-hard-drive/
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Was the support guy from Garmin or an Apple tech?
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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From GarminQuote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
I guess mainly viruses. Of course I'm not worried about being too protectedQuote:
Originally Posted by drift_g35
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.
Before you start surfing porn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
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.
Yes free, and real time sounds ideal.Quote:
Originally Posted by CavSct1983
Defender provides real-time protection. Whether or not protection should be in quotation marks is perhaps another topic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Microsoft Security Essentials is ok for a Microsoft Product and it is built very well to work with Windows 10.
I've had good luck with Avast. Started off with the free, but bumped up to the paid version the last few years just for the heck of it. The free version seemed to work well, though.
AVG has been really annoying me on my home desktop/server for months now. I've had issue with Avast on the wife's computer false blocking lots of legitimate comms, like her work VPN, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by TFOGGER
Don't get me started on SEP on the work laptop. Worst part there is constantly having to turn off the network intrusion to allow my VM's network access - admin policy controlled so it re-enables itself periodically. Been getting false positives on legit file downloads too since they started blacklisting "unpopular downloads."
AVG has been really annoying me on my home desktop/server for months now. I've had issue with Avast on the wife's computer false blocking lots of legitimate comms, like her work VPN, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by TFOGGER
Don't get me started on SEP on the work laptop. Worst part there is constantly having to turn off the network intrusion to allow my VM's network access - admin policy controlled so it re-enables itself periodically. Been getting false positives on legit file downloads too since they started blacklisting "unpopular downloads."
Neither AVG nor Avast (free) do well protecting against malware.
I'm tempted to pay for Malwarebytes realtime, but they all have deficiencies...
I used to use AVG Free. I've just replaced it with Windows Defender.Quote:
Originally Posted by brutal
To be honest, most commercial AV isn't going to stop the type of malware that comes from not doing questionable shit on the internet these days anyway.
*edit*
Windows Defender will also detonate files in the cloud if it doesn't have it's hash in their DB. Which is good considering that's where most enterprise products are going these days (PAN's Traps and the like).
Windows 10 is spyware.
Keep your data backed up on external storage. When the machine gets wonky, because it will regardless of whether it is infected or Microsoft decides to patch it with some delightful nag ware, dump the OS and load Linux.
But then he has to choose a distro and the argument that starts could cause someone to run around with a suicide vest of lit firecrackers on.Quote:
Originally Posted by cstone