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Need advice on the best 2015 free to try anti spyware and anti keystroke/Keylogger recorder for a professional office that their computers may be at risk again.

They have paid malwarbytes and an anti virus either norton or avast i don't remember but they are looking for other spyware protection after some information may have been stolen from one of their desktops.

Super anti spyware or spyshelter are two of them mentioned but before a choice is made i would like some input from here.
 
proper internet usage and safety training coupled with a protected computer (OpenDNS+AV+Malwarebytes) shall go a long, long way in keeping sensitive information such as personal ID, passwords, etc. a lot further.

For those (assuming office workers/colleagues of yours?) who are ignorant (or conditionally ignorant, meaning that they chose not to follow security practices and/or common sense), they should not be given access to computers with internet access + email.

Sorry for the harsh words but in my office (I'm the security officer also), emails and suspicious attachments arrived at my PC on a periodic basis, and our whole team (security conscious) use best judgement and care when dealing with internet or infections, no hits for many, many years.

in my wifey's office: all other non-IT staffs only given access to 1 common computer that is isolated from the office network and is internet accessible for general use (no paying bills, payments, etc. all other activities at the user's discretion). Work PC does not allow direct internet access (only dedicated server-to-server access allowed for transaction related work).her office (200+ staffs with mostly accountants and payroll officers, etc.) has been safe for over 15+yrs now, with no human-induced security breach of any sort.

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It's for a Law Office and some of them don't think, common sense may not always exist.
Any ideas which programs would make their pc's safer they want something more.
 
You simply have to speak their language: telling them that any data breach will not only cost them (law office) their reputation and business further down the road, but possible litigations from their clients caused by security breach, something that, given with care and due dilligence, can be best avoided...

When I was back in my previous job as a senior Tech Support, I gave a webex speech to a law firm in texas RE: computer/internet security, common sense and consequences, etc. and that left them totally speechless after 1 hr.

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No matter what anyone says they pretty much click on anything. Those two were mentioned by an it guy that comes in and fixes things when they get viruses. He is good at what he does and he is not trying to rip off anyone. He fixes the system and gets free legal work which he seems to always need.
 
if you are the IT person for that lawfirm, consider looking for help in the area of UTM (unified threat management) devices that not only deals with AV updates and screening of incoming files, emails, etc. it also does firewall, DNS verification and mail scrubbing, etc.

While it may seem a bit expensive at first, but granted that the operation is sufficiently large 100+ staffs, etc. the money will be well spent.

Anything smaller than 100staff in a law firm which is on a tight budget, I'm afraid only a bit of "scare" tactics + proper IT safety training can provide the best impact.

IMHO no software add-ons can provide the kind of "full-spectrum" protection you would like to, no matter how much you try to help.

Good luck.

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try thinking or planning a game plan for that law office...segregation possible?

email definitely needs scrubbing (we used PureMessage before with good success), internet access is the biggest pain to control, gotta watch out for things like DNS poisioning, malformed XSS, malicious java scripts and browser helper objects, etc.

If intelligent internet usage filtering is possible, get something that does UTM where sensitive subjects in contents can be filtered, such as seexx, etc. and blocking can be triggered when accessing certain suspicious/malicious sites.

and then of course, if windows machine, you must ensure that every 2nd tuesday of every month, the automatic Windows update triggering works properly.

try setting some rules and also think outside of the box and see if you can improve the situation.

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BTW: I use malwarebytes to block malformed XSS, malicious javasripts, BHO, etc. on my work PC. Also: my PC HDD is encrypted (slow, I know, but necessary evil)
 
You say they currently have anti-virus and malware software, but when was the last time it was updated? Updates are available for free and should be done monthly at a minimum. I don't believe free anti-virus is going to provide anything over their already paid for software if it is updated regularly.
 
I use Linux because I don't need Windows for my SOHO.

PC OS = Sabayon Linux
Finance = Vector Linux with K-budget

Firewall = pfSense (free Open Source FreeBSD based firewall, router, unified threat management, load balancing, multi WAN, and VPN)

NAS = FreeNas
 
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/antimalware/

Since no program is perfect, sometimes a competitor scanner can pick off something missed.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/en-us/default.aspx
http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/
http://www.kaspersky.com/virus-scanner

Besides Opendns:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_ConnectSafe
https://www.comodo.com/secure-dns/

I don't have an issue with malwarebytes. Check all the settings. And, consider dumping the Avast/Norton/whatever... for Bitdefender.
 
Originally Posted By: crazyoildude
Need advice on the best 2015 free to try anti spyware and anti keystroke/Keylogger recorder for a professional office that their computers may be at risk again.

They have paid malwarbytes and an anti virus either norton or avast i don't remember but they are looking for other spyware protection after some information may have been stolen from one of their desktops.

Super anti spyware or spyshelter are two of them mentioned but before a choice is made i would like some input from here.


Do the employees have "Local Administrator" rights on the PCs?


Of the 147 vulnerabilities reported by Microsoft in 2013 with a Critical severity rating, 92% were concluded to be mitigated by removing administrator rights
96% of Critical vulnerabilities affecting Windows Operating Systems could be mitigated by removing admin rights
100% of all vulnerabilities affecting Internet Explorer in 2013 could be mitigated by removing admin rights

https://blog.avecto.com/2014/02/the-simp...ulnerabilities/

Ed
 
If you're having data theft might it be consciously done by a double-agent employee?
 
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