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I was reading an article based on these products and came up one question I need clarification on. According the author most antivirus software would not be able to detect the presence of a spyware or keylogger program unless it was a known type. Also, spyware removal programs like Spybot/Ad-aware will also not detect these programs.
So having read this, I am a little confused as to what defense one has against these programs especially that even in cases where you might trust your friends/family, someone will still be malicious without your knowledge.
My current methods are using the Zonealarm free firewall and Avast free antivirus program. I set the firewall so that in most cases I know which program accesses the internet but to validate which are valid windows/system files are difficult.
Are there any products out there that monitor real time against these products? I fell victim once and found the program when using netstat
and fiddler
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I agree entirely...how exactly is Linux a better choice? Is it because more spyware/viruses are directed to windows software or does Linux have better safe guards. – vbNewbie – 2011-06-09T14:16:33.360
Both actually, the POSIX system is very hard to write a virus for that can do substantial damage, but that is not to say it is immune. Eg, MACs are NOT immute to viruses, but much less likely to be infected by one. – None – 2011-06-09T14:21:37.180
Not as true as it used to be. With the growing popularity of MACs and Linux, there is a growing field of viruses and spyware for these systems. But agreed, compared to Windows it's still very small. – BBlake – 2011-06-09T14:39:46.373