Can you clarify this for me...if I run Sophos antivirus on a Windows 7 machine, am I protected from a keylogger? I have not installed the firewall. Is it possible for someone to maliciously install a "commercial" keylogger on my computer, which would be allowed to run and steal my bank account information, for example?
This is really more a question for your Sophos support person, but I'll answer it here.
On Windows 7, Sophos Endpoint Security puts keyloggers in either the "malicious" category (Mal/) if there is no legit use of the keylogger known, or in Application Control if it is a legitimate for-sale product. Anything in Application Control can be enabled/disabled by your administrator (Internet Explorer is also in Application Control, for example).
On Sophos Antivirus for Mac home edition, there is currently no Application Control, so all keyloggers for OS X are generally blocked as either Mal/ or Troj/. Some legitimate programs which could be used for logging are not detected, as they aren't malicious in themselves.
We do detect applications and scripts that attempt to drop/install keyloggers on a system without the user's permission.
Can you clarify this for me...if I run Sophos antivirus on a Windows 7 machine, am I protected from a keylogger? I have not installed the firewall. Is it possible for someone to maliciously install a "commercial" keylogger on my computer, which would be allowed to run and steal my bank account information, for example?
This is really more a question for your Sophos support person, but I'll answer it here.
On Windows 7, Sophos Endpoint Security puts keyloggers in either the "malicious" category (Mal/) if there is no legit use of the keylogger known, or in Application Control if it is a legitimate for-sale product. Anything in Application Control can be enabled/disabled by your administrator (Internet Explorer is also in Application Control, for example).
On Sophos Antivirus for Mac home edition, there is currently no Application Control, so all keyloggers for OS X are generally blocked as either Mal/ or Troj/. Some legitimate programs which could be used for logging are not detected, as they aren't malicious in themselves.
We do detect applications and scripts that attempt to drop/install keyloggers on a system without the user's permission.
