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One of the best anti-virus tools on any platform is a good adblocker (I prefer ublock origin). It completely removes large classes of infection sources (malvert
by lorenzhs 9y ago
One of the best anti-virus tools on any platform is a good adblocker (I prefer ublock origin). It completely removes large classes of infection sources (malvertising, fake download buttons, etc). Then disable macros in office products. If every IT department did that, they’d have much more time for useful work.
Whether you use antivirus or not, use an adblocker. Keeping broken monetisation strategies alive is not your job, keeping your data safe is.
- conductr 9y ago> If every IT department did that, they’d have much more time for useful work No, they'd have smaller budgets
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 9y agoI really wish we could disable macros, but it turns out the hoops we'd have to jump through just so accounting could continue to do their jobs wasn't worth the effort. I'm sure some academic out there will berate me for not insisting that we disassemble an entire department's workflow and rewrite it in SQL with some web frontend, but I work in the real world where costs need to be justified and the truth is they couldn't be. There were much simpler and cheaper ways to mitigate the threats we were worried about. Ad blocking interferes with the Marketing Department occasionally but covers such a huge range of problems that it really is worth it.