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Re: Anti Virus needed
20-11-2014 12:59 PM
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My current concern is that I've got no idea how the virus managed to get on my system, the malware files turned up at 21:58, 3 hours after I leave work, coincidently a couple of hous before my machine collected the latest Windows updates. It turn out it was the malware that broke flash, not the widows update as I assumed.
Also, the malware managed to inject alternative HTML into the Bank login page (for Halifax) in Firefox, which happened in such away that everything else looked fine (security cert, etc), and it still sent the right information to allow the login to work. What probably saved me from any problems was No Script and or Ghostery which prevented the subsequent actions from working (extra tip, if the bank site lets you in, but says actions are suspened until an erroneous transfer is reversed by you (and a chat window will appear in a couple of seconds), you've almost certainly been got!).
I'm seriously considering switching my Work enviorment to Linux (OpenSuSE), or using a Live CD in a VM.
Re: Anti Virus needed
24-12-2014 11:43 AM
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Re: Anti Virus needed
24-12-2014 1:00 PM
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MSE is very poor. That may be okay if you know what you are doing but could be worse than useless if you're a novice.
Computer active recently did a road test on AV software and MSE came 10th out of 10!
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Re: Anti Virus needed
27-12-2014 11:59 AM
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Quote from: kmilburn
My current concern is that I've got no idea how the virus managed to get on my system, the malware files turned up at 21:58, 3 hours after I leave work,
It's worth using paid for Anti-virus software. I buy a multi-machine licence for Kaspersky and make sure auto-updates are working. The remedial cost after a malware infection can far exceed the "savings" on free anti-virus software. I also use Malwarebytes continuously running on the machines to sweep up the types of things that pure anti-virus software misses.
It is possible to gain exposure to malware simply by browsing an infected website. The file creation/update time can be misleading as some malware waits for a quiet period before downloading its full payload. The files timestamp is not immune to alteration.
Re: Anti Virus needed
27-12-2014 12:06 PM
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Present is a 5 machine license for about £25
Re: Anti Virus needed
27-12-2014 1:00 PM
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It should be no revelation, but the software companies proclaiming themselves as security guardians of your PC have the same agenda as the people making malware: to make money.
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Re: Anti Virus needed
27-12-2014 3:00 PM
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Re: Anti Virus needed
28-12-2014 7:23 AM
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The best way to protect you self is using BRAIN !
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Re: Anti Virus needed
28-12-2014 9:18 AM
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General reviews put the best free AVs up there with the best paid for on the 'pure' av front, but the paid for ones often have extra features you may or may not need.
Re: Anti Virus needed
30-12-2014 1:29 AM
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Re: Anti Virus needed
30-12-2014 8:39 AM
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but i also check with Sysinternals , autoruns & explorer
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Re: Anti Virus needed
30-12-2014 11:19 AM
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Quote from: rongtw The best way to protect you self is using BRAIN !
That is also an important AV tool as well
However to add my tuppence, I would no longer recommend AVG, apart from bloatware and limited options now applied to the free version, I discovered it has memory leakage at the end of an update and I don't appreciate 150-200MB being wasted on my slower machine. In the past, I've had no issues with Avast which I'll try on my machines again.
I tend to do similar things to shylok and rongtw as well.
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Thanks for the info on that particular nasty banking malware.
Re: Anti Virus needed
10-01-2015 11:56 AM
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So I'm reassured – I think – until the PC catches a virus, that is. MSE is free, and not annoying in the way some paid-for suites can be (resource use, importunate messages, etc.).
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10-01-2015 12:26 PM
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10-01-2015 1:10 PM
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