Thanks for the valuable info, Randy. I've had Sophos for so long that I have an automatic disincentive to switching. But I'll certainly think about it now. Do you know what would happen if I installed VirusBarrier now, on top of Sophos? Would there be some sort of conflict?
On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 8:59?PM Randy B. Singer <
randy@...> wrote:
> On Nov 29, 2023, at 11:50 AM, J_Catlady <JanetOliviaCatlady@...> wrote:
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> Thanks for the idea and the link! I have the *paid* version of Sophos and so far (5+ years?) have trusted it. But I¡¯d be very curious to see if the free malware bytes can find something that Sophos didn¡¯t.
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> I¡¯m a little afraid to get on their spam mailing list, though¡.will think about it!
Personally, I try my best to ward people away from BOTH Sophos, and Malwarebytes.
I try to keep people away from Sophos because I hear from an inordinate number of folks who, after we have done some troubleshooting, we find that their slowdowns were being caused by Sophos.? It¡¯s not all Sophos users, but it¡¯s a shocking number of them.? There are better anti-virus programs.? The one that I recommend wins all of the believable comparison tests, and is FREE:
VirusBarrier Free Edition (free)
I recommend that folks stay away from Malwarebytes for a list of reasons.? They have had dishonest advertising, their free product includes adware, and the products install a very alarmingly large number of files deep into your System.
Malwarebytes often DOES sometimes find things that traditional AV products don¡¯t, because traditional AV products tend to be weak with respect to adware.? However, fortunately there is an almost identical product to Malwarebytes that comes from a company that it is much easier to trust:
DetectX (free)
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Randy B. Singer
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Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
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