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Sophos Multiple Issues of Concern

bernieesso

I am all about security for my computers and devices.  My questions and comments are:

I have Sophos set up on my  iMac to delete a threat when found.  But, when I see evidence that such a threat is found the identification of that threat with the name of the virus or  malware is not easily found.  Sophos should have some place where all "FINDS" of malware and dates found are shown and where the user can get to them easily.  

I recently had Sophos identify malware called mal/fakeAV-oy but my Google search says this is a PC virus.  What are the repercussions of this for a Mac user?  If this is a PC virus or malware, then what is Sophos doing but raising my anxiety levels?

What can I do to protect my  iPad while traveling.  Recently, my address book was apparently hacked when using a public WiFi. 

Thanks for any feedback on this.  Currently I am using Sophos on all my computers. 

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    Hello bernieesso. Thank you for posting your questions here.\

    First of all, I'm not sure I understand your first question. What would you like to have, an overview on your computer of malware names and dates? Or a reference on a Sophos website to the name and discovery date by Sophos of that malware?

    As for your second question, of course if a certain malware would only work on pc, while you are using Mac, then there's no immediate danger to your machine. But, Sophos doesn't know if you aren't also sharing these files with other machines on your network, and these machines might be pc's. So if you wouldn't care for pc malware on Mac, or Mac malware on pc, these machines would contaminate each other over and over. Other than that, it might also be a sign you received files from a source you shouldn't trust anymore, whether that's a website, a USB stick from a friend, or whatever the source.

    Hope this helps?

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    Hello bernieesso. Thank you for posting your questions here.\

    First of all, I'm not sure I understand your first question. What would you like to have, an overview on your computer of malware names and dates? Or a reference on a Sophos website to the name and discovery date by Sophos of that malware?

    As for your second question, of course if a certain malware would only work on pc, while you are using Mac, then there's no immediate danger to your machine. But, Sophos doesn't know if you aren't also sharing these files with other machines on your network, and these machines might be pc's. So if you wouldn't care for pc malware on Mac, or Mac malware on pc, these machines would contaminate each other over and over. Other than that, it might also be a sign you received files from a source you shouldn't trust anymore, whether that's a website, a USB stick from a friend, or whatever the source.

    Hope this helps?

    :38113
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