![]() ![]() Apple comes with FileVault 2 a whole disk encryption feature allowing users to have their data made irrecoverable in an event of theft, loss, physical compromise. Encryption Securityīuilt-in – Using native available encryption. Third-Party – Using third-party vendors to further enhance the native system usually with additional front-ends. For example System Preferences, Keychain Access, Software Updates. General Securityīuilt-in – Using the operating system’s native toolset available for the user to configure and raise the security posture from its default ‘convenient’ settings. ![]() This article will discuss how to further harden the Mac OS X environment and raise users up a few notches from the low-hanging fruit category. It’s the ideology of convenience versus security and as it is well known Macs are quite convenient. Mac OS X 10.7.3 (Lion) inherently contains many desired security features however it takes a few moments for the user to enable most of them. ![]() I’ve had it go crazy a couple to times over the years which requited total uninstall/reinstall to recover and it does take longer to update than any other AV I’ve ever had.20+ Top Security Tips for Safe Computing Mac OS X – Mac OS X Trojan Horse I do have the old Sophos Home Edition installed, but only allow it to keep definitions and the app up-to-date and use it for testing. The former is still in the process of rolling out new premium features, so expect it to have external disk and a Safari extension soon. With that said, I do suggest you and he take a look at Malwarebytes for Mac and DetectX. So there should not be any rush to find something new. I should also point out that current paid users of ClamXAV v2 can either continue to use it or upgrade to v3 for up to a year, depending on when they purchased it, and are given a 50% reduction in annual subscription costs after the free period. Checking for Windows and other platform malware has been disabled, for now. As of this moment, there are over 1.18 million macOS unique signatures used. I’m curious as to what you consider to be “more things?” ClamXAV v3 is currently configured to scan for all known types of macOS malware, especially that which most commonly threatens Mac users today. I’ve told him to get 1Blocker for Safari, which he’ll probably eventually do, and that should take care of many of the browser based attacks, but not stuff that comes in via email. This user probably needs something, since in addition to the usual phish emails which are getting harder to spot these days, he collaborates with PC users via Office, has been fooled once by a browser javascript tech support scam, and has ended up with adware once or twice, too. I haven’t found any reviews I trust that cover the newer always-on version. In principle I like Malwarebytes, but some of features are windows only with Mac having the same price. Sophos is free and the officially sanctioned choice, but at least as configured by the university, takes up a lot of resources (and the config can’t be changed by mere mortals). I’m inclined to have him switch to one of the others that scans for more things since the security climate has changed over the last few years. One of my users has been using clamxav for years, and is now being asked to upgrade to the new version which is now a subscription model like other anti-malware things.
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