Anyone useing WEBROOT antivirus?
Geek Squad is now pushing WEBROOT when they work on a computer and I have it installed on my DGS's laptop and my laptop. Has anyone tried this AV out? It seems to be okay but how can you tell unti...
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I've found Webroot the best of the lot for home use for the past three or four years.
I used to work in IT at a major corporation - and one of the functions of our team was Anti-Virus for all the laptops/ desktops world wide.
All the AV companies work basically the same way. Pattern Matching - and each has a predictive behavior component.
Years ago - AV companies got samples of suspected viruses - took the code apart - tested the pattern to recognize the virus - did a beta test with some trusted users - and released an update.
Today - AV companies get or hear of a suspected virus / malware - make a quick test to find some type of pattern - and release an update to the world. Several times each day. Which means all the users are Alpha Testers. When they get complaints back - on about 40% of their updates - the tweak them until people stop complaining. The majority of warnings people get today are False Positives.
Predictive behavior tries to recognize 'suspect' behavior and stop that from completing its task. This is most effective against Malware.
The problem is that the better predictive behavior screening - the heavier load on the computer - the more it uses resources and slows down your computer.
While I like WebRoot - for my wife - I also install and run MalwareBytes which is specifically focused on malware.
Because the best preventative against Malware is (1) never click OK on anything unless you know what it is doing; (2) never open video links from other people - search youTube and find the video your self; (3) delete any e-mail which is from someone you don't know - do not open them.
Remember that effectively everything you get on the internet and e-mail is a scam or a lie. Don't trust the internet from accurate information.
I used to work in IT at a major corporation - and one of the functions of our team was Anti-Virus for all the laptops/ desktops world wide.
All the AV companies work basically the same way. Pattern Matching - and each has a predictive behavior component.
Years ago - AV companies got samples of suspected viruses - took the code apart - tested the pattern to recognize the virus - did a beta test with some trusted users - and released an update.
Today - AV companies get or hear of a suspected virus / malware - make a quick test to find some type of pattern - and release an update to the world. Several times each day. Which means all the users are Alpha Testers. When they get complaints back - on about 40% of their updates - the tweak them until people stop complaining. The majority of warnings people get today are False Positives.
Predictive behavior tries to recognize 'suspect' behavior and stop that from completing its task. This is most effective against Malware.
The problem is that the better predictive behavior screening - the heavier load on the computer - the more it uses resources and slows down your computer.
While I like WebRoot - for my wife - I also install and run MalwareBytes which is specifically focused on malware.
Because the best preventative against Malware is (1) never click OK on anything unless you know what it is doing; (2) never open video links from other people - search youTube and find the video your self; (3) delete any e-mail which is from someone you don't know - do not open them.
Remember that effectively everything you get on the internet and e-mail is a scam or a lie. Don't trust the internet from accurate information.
