Now now, let’s not be hasty. Macs start at $599 for a pretty decent machine, not thousands. As someone who’s been building and using PCs since the first IBM PC came out in 1981 and currently have 13 different computers in my work cubicle, I’m going go out on a limb here and say for the average user, Macs are a better machine. The lack of malware is one of many reasons why I recommend them unless you need some customized configuration for gaming or MS based server services.
Or you could just use OpenDNS…
I do use open DNS but how would that help (document?)?
They’ve been doing predictive analysis to redirect/block requests to malicious domains… Blogged about their efforts against cryptolocker about a month ago:
http://labs.umbrella.com/2013/09/25/ripple-effect/
Not perfect, but another layer of protection…
Edit: I guess I should mention that they’ve had a low trust thing for a long time against random character domains (that are at least now a common method of hosting malicious code)… So if one of these domains suddenly shows up on a heat map it gets noticed and blocked quickly. Again, not perfect, but another layer…
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A nice clean image on an unconnected external HDD is always handy in these situations.
Hi All,
Does anyone on here use Avast EndPoint Protection Plus (version 8)?
Apparently there is a tool in Avast called ‘Avast Rescue Disk’. This is apparently something you can do BEFORE infection to have a rescue disk in place.
Anyone know if Avast plan on pushing this out to all their products in a future update? Sooner rather than later.?
Would be a useful feature to have.
Good luck to all those having issues with this nasty infection.
FYI: There is also apparently a free tool called ‘CryptoPrevent’ http://www.foolishit.com/vb6-projects/cryptoprevent/
So avast! will stop cryptolocker right? I mean that is why avast included streaming cloud updates right? to stop zero day malware like cryptolocker right?
Please tell me avast! will stop zero day malware like cryptolocker and other malware, because I was considering to buy avast! endpoint protection plus to centrally manage pc’s
but I don’t know if I want to buy it if you cannot stop zero day malware, that has never been in the wild, I mean isn’t that why avast started having a behavior shield and other features that now detects it without having to have a signature right? Please tell me if you could offer me a discount on avast! endpoint protection plus so that I could afford to put it on my pc. And please tell me if I can get a discount to buy the avast endpoint protection plus, could you please tell me whether this will block viruses like cryptolocker and other zero day threats? And also when you buy endpoint protection plus do you get a license file? like in the home editions?
Or do you get something else? because I would prefer a license file if possible.
I’m a journalist working on a malware story that takes in Cryptolocker - keen to speak to people who’ve been hit, if anyone would like to get in touch: geoff.white@itn.co.uk
Thanks.