June 2014 LCCU Meeting Symantec SVP says antivirus is dead. Is it? How do the best free antivirus programs rate and what other protection is available? We’ll answers members’ questions: –Which browser is most secure?

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Is antivirus dead? Brian Dye of Symantec estimates that antivirus software catches only 45% of cyberattacks.Brian Dye of Symantec Kaspersky said that security is about a combination of various technologies - heuristics, sandboxing, cloud protection and many others alongside "good old time-tested signature-based virus detection".Kaspersky PC Mag’s Neil Rubenking says AVG and Avira blocked 97% of malware tested; Avast blocked 94%, using malicious URLs from MRG-Effitas.PC Mag’s Neil Rubenking

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Is antivirus dead? Anti-malware layers of protection: –Antivirus software Signature-based detection Heuristic-based detection Whitelist of executables (in some) Link scanners for browser, Facebook Spam blocker Sandbox (in some) –Firewall – Windows Firewall or other –Secure wireless network

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Is antivirus dead? Antimalware layers of protection: –Automatic software updater: Secunia’s Personal Software Inspector or filehippo.com’s Update CheckerSecunia’s Personal Software Inspectorfilehippo.com’s Update Checker –Password Manager and use of unique passwords LastPass, KeePass or other –Paypal and amazon.com payments for shopping –Browser security

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Best Free antivirus References –The Best Free Antivirus for 2014 and How We Interpret Antivirus Lab Tests by PC MagazineThe Best Free Antivirus for 2014 How We Interpret Antivirus Lab Tests –Best Free Antivirus Software – by Gizmo’s Freeware at Techsupportalert.comBest Free Antivirus Software –Free Security Software Keeps You Safe Online and Security Software Ratings from Consumer ReportsFree Security Software Keeps You Safe Online Security Software Ratings –4 Places to Find Up-to-date Antivirus Tests Results Online by howtogeek.com4 Places to Find Up-to-date Antivirus Tests Results Online

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Best Free antivirus Best free antivirus – testing labs used –AV-test of Germany – 1, 2AV-test –AV-comparatives of Austria – 1, 2AV-comparatives –Dennis labs of London –2Dennis labs –West Coast Labs – 1West Coast Labs –Virus Bulletin - 1Virus Bulletin –ISCA Labs - 1ISCA Labs Note: 1 = used by PC Mag, 2= used by techsupportalert.comused by PC Magused by techsupportalert.com

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Best Free Antivirus AVG –PC Mag – 97% blocked, labs – 3 stars; Consumer Report score – 51; techsupportalert – decent choice; Cnet – 4 ½ stars Avast! –PC Mag – 94% blocked, labs - 4; Consumer Reports – 57; techsupportalert – 2 nd choice; Cnet – 4 ½ stars Avira –PC Mag – 97% blocked, labs - 4; Consumer Report score – 53; Cnet – 5 stars

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Best Free Antivirus Comodo –PC Mag – 95% blocked; labs - 4 stars; techsupportalert – top choice for advanced users Panda Cloud –PC Mag – 92% blocked; labs - 3 ½ stars; techsupportalert – excellent choice for average users Bitdefender –PC Mag – 92% blocked; labs - 4 stars; techsupportalert – good but lacks real world testing

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June 2014 LCCU Meeting Browser Security Features References –7 Things You Can Do to Make Internet Eplorer More Secure by PC World7 Things You Can Do to Make Internet Eplorer More Secure –5 Steps To Ultimate Firefox Security by PC World5 Steps To Ultimate Firefox Security –Google Chrome – Best Security Tips for Safer Browsing by PC WorldGoogle Chrome – Best Security Tips for Safer Browsing –Which Browser is Best? – Chrome vs. Firefox vs. Internet Explorer by PC MagazineWhich Browser is Best? – Chrome vs. Firefox vs. Internet Explorer –Experts warn against judging Firefox on its poor Pwn2Own performance by ComputerworldExperts warn against judging Firefox on its poor Pwn2Own performance

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Browser Security Features Internet Explorer Security –SmartScreen – warns of suspicious, phishing & malicious software sites and blocks downloads from malicious sites. On by default; to turn off/on: Safety, Turn on/off Smart Screen Filter;. –ActiveX filtering – optional; Safety, ActiveX filtering. –Certificate Errors warn of untrustworthy sites. –Internet Explorer runs in a sandbox – uses “low integrity mode” to run with as few user permissions as possible.

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Browser Security Features Firefox security –Phishing & Malware Protection – warns of bad sites. On by default; to turn off/on: Menu button, Options, Security, check “Block Reported Attack Sites” and “Block Reported Forgeries”. –Warns when sites try to install add-ons; on by default. –Master Password to access saved passwords, off by default; if on, saved passwords are encrypted. –Certificate Errors – message “This site is untrusted”. –Note – no sandboxing yet; IE and Chrome have it.

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Browser Security Features Chrome security –Safe Browsing - Phishing & Malware Alerts – turned on by default; to turn off: Menu button, Settings, Show advanced settings, under Privacy, uncheck “Enable Phishing and Malware Protection”. –Certificate Errors – under Settings, HTTPS/SSL, check “Check for server certificate revocation”. –Sandboxing – process running in each tab is isolated from others & from rest of PC; built-in & sandboxed Flash and PDF functionality.Sandboxing

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Browser Security Features Internet Explorer privacy –Tracking Protection – keeps browsing info from 3 rd party content providers – To add a list, click Tools, Manage Add-ons, click “Find more toolbars and extensions”, select “Tracking Protection Lists”, click add. To turn on/off: click Safety, Turn on Tracking Protection; off by default. –Synching across devices – none; Firefox & Chrome do it.

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Browser Security Features Firefox privacy –Tracking Protection – Go To Menu Button, Add-ons, Get Add-ons, Browse all add-ons, select Privacy & Security category, select “Do Not Track Me”. –Recommended security add-ons from PC World: NoScript, AdBlock Plus, Web of Trust (WOT). – Synching across devices – log in with Synch password; all synched data is encrypted.

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Browser Security Features Chrome, privacy –Tracking Protection – to get Abine’s DoNotTrackMe app from the Google Store: Menu button, Tools, Extensions, Get extensions, search “DoNotTrackMe”. –Recommended security add-ons from PC World – AdBlock, Web of Trust (WOT), KB SSL Enforcer. –Synching across devices – default sign in is Google account password, but can add a passphrase, and can turn on encryption for all synched data.

June 2014 LCCU Meeting Browser Security Features Chrome, privacy –Privacy (or lack of)– Omnibox text is logged by Google for 2% of users if Google is your default search provider.Privacy

June 2014 LCCU Meeting At future meetings, we’ll answer: –Demonstate the basics of using the Firefox browser. –What are the best media players? –How do you use Secunia PSI (Personal Software Inspector) to keep your software updated and secure?