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Do You Need To Download Antivirus For Mac

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Viruses are a specific type of malware designed to replicate and spread, while malware is a broad term used to describe all sorts of unwanted or malicious code. Malware can include viruses, spyware, adware, nagware, Trojans, worms, and more. Anti malware software is definitely more complete than antivirus programs and it a much better purchase because you will run in to at least two types of malware.


No, you don't need to run an antivirus alongside Malwarebytes to be fully protected, however Malwarebytes is designed in such a way that if you wish to run an active antivirus alongside it you may do so should you desire to have that additional layer of protection that an antivirus would provide. Please refer to the information in this post for more information.



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At least I wasn't sure. To me in the beginning of your explanation it sounds like I should use antivirus software along side Malwarebytes,, but towards the end of you explanation I got the impression I don't.


As it stands now, and assuming I am interpreting everything Dave has said correctly, I really don't need an antivirus program, as long as I am using a good antimalware program, such as Malwarebytes. I don't care about being warned of viruses, trojans etc, so much as I want to be sure any virus, trojan etc is prevented from acting maliciously, which Malwarebytes does.


I've uninstalled Norton AV, and turned on Windows Defender. The only issue I see is, I can't turn on "Real-time protection" under "Virus & threat protection settings" (in Windows Defender), because I am using another antivirus provider, i.e. MalwareBytes.


It seems obvious, I don't need "Real-time protection" by Windows Defender turned on, since I'm using it along side MalwareBytes, but I thought I'd check anyways, just in case there might be a way of turning it on, and adding another layer of protection.


In that respect, it seems the biggest things would be to ensure that the thin clients are booting from fully updated and patched OS images, that their users aren't running with administrator rights, aren't accessing the internet with an out of date internet explorer, and are not networked to shares or network services they do not need.


The thin clients I know download just enough from the server to do their job, and that includes things like programs. As such, they will download the installed AV package from the server. In this way, the thin client itself doesn't need one, because it "borrows" it from the server.


If you use the virtual machine to do actual work besides testing - yes it should have antivirus, because it might jump over to the main machine if you move a file there. If it's just for sandbox testing of a program, you don't need antivirus or anything else, simply because you can always wipe the virtual harddrive.


No, Virtual machines will need the same treat as the real machine. But if you are not going to use it, I suggest you to turn on backups. It'll be easier to recover if your virtual machine has backups.






It's not needed since (contrary to popular lies), linux is rather secure, and you are unlikely to get a virus for linux. Your risk is higher that you might pick up a windows virus while running wine, or that you may get hacked by a remote user (a rare occurrence on the desktop).


edit: viruses are the same on every system in the sense that they all try to use a vulnerability or a user's ignorance to propagate themselves or access something they should not. It's no different on linux, but linux is more secure, way more secure. The antivirus software you saw is actually mainly there to protect windows users; for example if a friend sends you an infected file, you might pass it on to a windows user without being affected yourself.


These two are not the same. There definitely are 'viruses' that can run on Linux, but in order to make them run, a malicious user needs to get someone with local privilege to actively install them. This requires the owner of the system to trust the malicious user, download the software, and use sudo with a password to install it, (or run it as a regular user to cause some regular-user level damage). Not a trivial set of barriers to overcome.


Some of the answers and comments here make the following non-sequitur claim: "since user-level damage can be very harmful (e.g. removing $HOME and everything under it), sudo access is irrelevant. You need AV anyway."


Verdict: Just my two cents on the subject. Never think you are safe, because you are not. A system can always be infected one way or the other - always. I haven't had a single problem with Bitdefender on Ubuntu and while an Antivirus/Security solution can never give you 100% security - it is better than nothing. I have been infected with malware both on OSX and Linux - on two systems where most ppl in the community said it couldn't happen or where I was told an Antivirus is not needed: Community Link


Many more security mechanisms are available if you choose to set them up: firewall rules, anti-virus scanners, network monitoring, two-factor authentication, etc... These additional mechanisms are mostly intended for servers and you should not need to worry about them as a desktop user.


Coming to antivirus part, ubuntu does not have a default antivirus, nor does any linux distro I know, You dont need a antivirus program in linux. Although, there are few available for linux, but linux is pretty much safe when it comes to virus.


The only reason that no virusscan is needed is because black hackers tend to focus more on Window$ and portable devices. We actually have very little data about the actual amount of viruses and trojans in linux. This is also because there are very few security firms working on it. There are a few minor, public tools. There have been viruses in the past:


Don't worry too much about viruses, but don't pretend that there is 100% certainty that they do not exist. So my answer is: there is probably no need to install a virusscan that is continuously monitoring your system, just don't think that there will never be or never have been linux viruses or that you will never need a virusscan.


Actually not, there is a really low chance to get a virus using linux; to avoid malicious packages, try to install software only from the software centre or PPAs that you trust.If you want to scan your files for windows viruses (in order to prevent your friends' PCs infection when exchanging files), you can use CLAMAV (which is the best natively-supported Linux antivirus)


Its needed if you wanna scan your NTFS partitions..I use opensource antivirus clamav to scan my NTFS drives.It is awesome,but some times the result may be false positive,so be sure before you delete a file..Cheers....!


Now to answer your question. No, as long as you don't plan to have Windows machines on your network or to interact with them in any way by transferring files for example then no you won't need any Antivirus. If there are Windows machines in your network or you plan to transfer files from/to such a Windows machine then to protect the Windows machine you should use one of the already mentioned Antivirus packages.


You ask if you need antivirus software on you desktop. My answer is not about technical issues, it is about legal ones. Where I live, banks require you to have antivirus software installed on the computer which you use for online banking. If you have antivirus (and some other measures), there's a good chance that you get your money back. It depends on many things, and there is no guarantee, but they actually do this. From their own logs they can see many things and they see patterns that show that the account really is hacked.


If you don't have antivirus, and your account gets hacked, they can blame you and they might refuse to refund your money. Then you can go to court and prove them wrong, but are you willing to take that risk?


All software platforms need virus protection. However the majority of viruses are written for Windows and will not affect Linux. However, there is till the potential of cross-platform type viruses (Flash, Java PDF, etc) that can still do some damage on any system. Also, Linux can be a "carrier" and still spread viruses by e-mail or flash memories without you knowing about it because it had no effect on you. Therefore, I recommend installing Clam (Gnome) or Klam (KDE). This does not run in the background and needs to be updated and run manually about every week or so.


To run a file on linux, you need to change the permissions for the file which requires super user priveliges. In addition, Microsofts windows are a greater market for virus-writers. You do not make a product that will be useable for a tiny amount of the market. The same rule applies to virus-writers. They will write harmful code to the platform where there are most users.


Does Ubuntu need anti virus. Let me share our recent experience, we are coming to the end of of redeveloping or site on a new Linux server, running Ubuntu, ROR & Mongo. The server is to deploy our multiple directories which will accept Video/Audio and Text data. The server is still in dev mode and NOT public facing.


But ultimately, relying on any one app to protect your system, data, and privacy is a bad bet, especially when almost every antivirus app has proven vulnerable on occasion. No antivirus tool, paid or free, can catch every malicious bit of software that arrives on your computer. You also need secure passwords, two-factor logins, data encryption, systemwide backups, automatic software updates, and smart privacy tools added to your browser. You need to be mindful of what you download and to download software only from official sources, such as the Microsoft App Store and Apple Mac App Store, whenever possible. You should avoid downloading and opening email attachments unless you know what they are. For guidance, check out our full guide to setting up all these security layers.

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