Computer protection

[KevDen2005]

Just got a new Mac Desktop. Looking for recommendations on virus protection.

Thanks.

[ray1970]

Not a lot of viruses out there for iOS. I have never bothered with anti virus software.

[CS1983]

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.

[Mazin]

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.

[KevDen2005]

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.

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.

[cstone]

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.

[CS1983]

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?

[KevDen2005]

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?

From Garmin

[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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[KevDen2005]

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