[SML] OT: Virus/malware protection

[John Taylor]

After retiring a couple of years ago and not having access to work's 
anti-virus license I tried a couple. (FYI - They have dropped McAfee and 
are using another brand now. I use to like McAfee but not any longer.) 
One of the IT folks recommended Avira. They have a free version but the 
paid version gives a lot more and only takes minor set-up (and it is 
reasonable). As to also using anti-malware (this is different than 
anti-virus software), I highly recommend it. I use Malware Bytes and 
love it. With Win 7 and above you also have Microsoft's Defender built 
in. Probably best to let it run also. I have all 3 running on 2 laptops 
and my tower and have had no problems and stayed clean.

The problem with ransom-ware is that it can skirt any of the above at 
times. The best way to prevent ransom-ware is a couple of simple and 
basic things.
     Do not click on any link in an email unless you are expecting 
someone to send you a link.
     When you are surfing the web, do so with care and stay off of non 
business needed sites.
     This is probably the most important one, BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP
     In case you did not hear me, BACK UP, BACK UP, BACK UP!!

As cheap as external drives are now, there is no reason not to back up 
your computer regularly.

JT


On 5/2/2016 5:36 PM, Brian Munroe via Stagecraft wrote:
> What are folks using for virus protection on their windows computers these days?
>
> My local basically has five computer users, all with different virus programs.  One of our users just go burned - their subscription ran out and they didn't renew. Got hit with ransomware that corrupted most of his files. So now we are looking to move to something more suitable for a small office that one administrator can manage across the five users.
>
> Our computer repair guy installed both a kaspersky demo and a malwarbytes demo on the one laptop that got burned. Frankly I'm not sure of the difference between anti-virus and anti-malware software. I always thought you should only run one security program on your computer, two would conflict with each other.
>
> What are the small offices out there doing theses days?
>
> Brian Munroe
>
> Sent from my iThingy. Please excuse any typos
>
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