Protecting Your Computing Devices Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, Ad blocking, Antitheft and OS Maintenance

Before We Get to Antivirus Know how to restore your device Read the materials that came with your computing device Learn the restore procedure Make restore DVD’s Back up your data External drive, USB, DVD, or Cloud No sensitive personal info on the Cloud

Any AV is Better than Nothing Malware of all types is a real threat Relying on outdated or trial security software that came with a computer is a recipe for disaster High quality free antivirus/anti-malware software is available for most devices and many premium versions are available for a reasonable price. Recommendations in this presentation are based on a 2015 review of products by

Categories of “AntiVirus” The features of “AntiVirus” Software have evolved Traditional PC Antivirus features available in free software Starts with the system and provides real-time scanning Updates automatically Premium Antivirus software has additional feature Web site warnings Built in anti-malware Some PC maintenance Anti-malware (Spyware/Adware) In free versions scans and updates are manual Premium versions scan and update automatically Most mobile device antivirus includes theft protection Locate your device Photographs person trying to unlock the device

AV Options for PC Platforms Windows Operating System has greatest number of anti-virus options Biggest threat due to popularity, largest variety of protection software (90% of PCs) Macintosh Operating System Still lots of antivirus options, OS security by design (10% of PCs) Linux options are mainly limited to server applications Large degree of security by OS design and limited desktop use (1% of PCs)

Mobile Device Options A wide variety of antivirus products are available for Android 85% of all mobile devices are Android Antivirus products are available for iOS but not as prevalent as offerings for Android 11% of mobile devices use iOS Antivirus products are available for Windows phones 3% or less of mobile devices are using Windows Phone OS

Reviewed Windows Antivirus Tom’s Guide 2015 Picks Best free anti-virus: Avira Free AntiVirus Beware free products are supported by Ads delivered via the product Best PC antivirus for the Money: Bitdefender Antivirus Plus 2015/2016 (about $38 via download $58 retail) Publishers use the same antivirus engine in all of their offerings from lowest to highest price Best Intermediate price: Norton Security ($39.98) Best Premium product: Bitdefender Total Security 2015/2016

More Free Windows AV Options Avast Free Anti-Virus 2015 Panda Free Anti-Virus 2015 AVG Anti-Virus Free 2015 BitDefender Anti-Virus Free 2014 Ad-Aware Free Antivirus+ 11 Microsoft Security Essentials Free downloads for Windows 7 and XP Built into Windows 8, 8.1, and 10 as Windows Defender Performance is not as good as most premium products

Related Free Windows Products Malware Detector/Cleanup These products must be manually started for a scan Malwarebytes Antimalware 2.0 Spybot - Search & Destroy Windows Tune-up/Registry Cleaner Software Glary Utilities 5 Package with over 20 tools for PC Optimization

Reviewed Macintosh AV Products Best Mac Overall: Sophos Antivirus for Mac Home Edition (Free) Close Second: Avast Free Antivirus for Mac (Free) Best Commercial Product: Intego Mac Internet Security X8 ($39.99) Close Second: Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac 2015/2016 ($39.95)

Mobile Device AV Products Mobile Antivirus solutions offer more than virus protection Anti-theft/Product loss protection Photos of the guilty automatically sent to cloud-based account Location services for device Remote wipe Wi-Fi Security Scanner Mobile Backup App Locking Firewall VPN

iPad and iPhone Products Lookout Mobile Security Antivirus for Apple iPhone Free in the App Store Trend Micro Mobile Security 7 Antivirus for Apple iPhone Intego VirusBarrier iOS Antivirus for Apple iPhone ($2.99) in the App Store McAfee WaveSecure Antivirus for Apple iPhone Free to try $22.99 to keep GadgetTrak Antivirus for Apple iPhone ($3.99) in the App Store

Reviewed Android AV Products #1 Avast! Mobile Security for Android (Free version or $15.00 per year via Google Play) #2 Bitdefender Mobile Security (Free version or $14.95 per year via Google Play) #3 Kaspersky Internet Security for Android (Free version or per year via Google Play) #4 AVG AntiVirus Pro for Android ( Free version or per year for Pro via Google Play)

Securing the Browser All popular Browsers have anti pop-up features Use them! Only accept pop-ups at known safe sites Many Browsers have privacy enhancing plug-ins Adblock Plus is an open-source content-filtering and ad blocking extension for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, Safari, and Yandex Browser web browsers Ghostery is a proprietary freeware privacy-related browser extension for Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Apple Safari. Enables its users to easily detect and control web bugs Objects embedded in a web page Invisible to the user Allows collection of the user's browsing habits

Securing the User We are our own worst enemies in destroying our privacy Facebook Twitter Offering up too much info on web forms There’s a reason for deleting browsing history

Summing it Up Computer Security is multifaceted Secure the physical device Use anti-malware software Secure the browser Secure the User Remember, the pirates are everywhere