- May 26, 2014
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Hi people of Malwareltips,I just got a Chromebook for School work for family member,Google claims they are very virus resistant,but hoping to get advice from someone here who knows Thanks
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What exactly is your question, i can help, it is all i use now days.Hi people of Malwareltips,I just got a Chromebook for School work for family member,Google claims they are very virus resistant,but hoping to get advice from someone here who knows Thanks
Not necessary on a Chromebook. Installing your favorite ad blocker ect such as ublock in the browser will help negate issues there and watch what you install via play store or Linux apps.My question is should I add third party security or not?
But in your security setup you are posting that you run additional security scans and intrusion detection in linux containers on your chrome OSThe only security I use which is more than enough, is ublock in my browser and a VPN.
If you read it, you will notice I state I scan my entire network and all devices with those tools for malware and vulnerability. I am not the only person on my network and there are other types of devices. I do not worry about my Chromebook, I have nailed it hard with nmap testing different attack scenarios with the same results each time, the Chromebook will detect and block those, lock the account, force a password change and move on with your day.But in your security setup you are posting that you run additional security scans and intrusion detection in linux containers on your chrome OS
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I have run just about every OS out there and settled on Chrome OS and Android to cover most of my uses. I utilize Linux in containers as well.malwaretips.com
This is one time i have to state, the whole operating system is google, so being concerned with just the browser is pointless. Which is of course how i feel about android in general as well. I did state above though to use ad blocker extensions, watch whats applied from the play store and which linux apps are run if applicable.Virus-proof? Yes
Spyware-proof? No
Just as using Chrome on desktop, installing unsafe extensions can be harmful for your privacy.
That was not the intention of my post. I use Android and Google services daily.This is one time i have to state, the whole operating system is google, so being concerned with just the browser is pointless. Which is of course how i feel about android in general as well. I did state above though to use ad blocker extensions, watch whats applied from the play store and which linux apps are run if applicable.
My apologies, just getting a little to used to google bashing here in the forum. I absolutely agree with you especially with 3rd party. Im extremely picky with 3rd party anything.That was not the intention of my post. I use Android and Google services daily.
By using a Google product, users have control over their data, the same cannot be said for third-parties and their data collection methods and policies.
There have been instances of shady companies buying small developer extensions, and turning them into data collection vacuums.
Consumers don't buy Google products for absolute privacy.
How does $10 Trend Micro improve the web experience compared to ie. Malwarebytes Browser Guard or AdGuard?Not necessary, but i would personally install trend micro on chrome book as license keys are cheapish, 10$ for 3 years 10 devices also gets you quality webfilter on your browser
Malwarebytes browser guard takes more cpu every pageload than trend micro extension + trend micro with high settings is more effective than malwarebytes, except blocking high risk TLDS, but that can be done with ublock originHow does $10 Trend Micro improve the web experience compared to ie. Malwarebytes Browser Guard or AdGuard?
Chromebook does not work like a windows machine. It actually uilizes it's ram to speed up everything. On a Chromebook with 8gb of ram there will be many times 7 GB is being used with only one application open. The less unnecessary applications you have drawing on that full time, the better. Personally I use ublock as a web filter and it's perfect, because it's customizable with custom rules and filters. It covers all my needs in one extension and it's light.Malwarebytes browser guard takes more cpu every pageload than trend micro extension + trend micro with high settings is more effective than malwarebytes, except blocking high risk TLDS, but that can be done with ublock origin
Also ublock origin is more efficient than adguard
Of course you have trend micro running on the computer all of the time, but with chromebook it might be more efficient using cpu/mem than windows version where its light as its cloud based anyways
Personally i would pay for it for windows experience but the op is okayish without