Is it recommended to install any anti-virus, anti-malware or anti-spyware apps in Qubes OS 4.0.3 or does Qubes OS takes care of all that ? - If not, which do you recommend ?
M
Tobias Gilberg
Is it recommended to install any anti-virus, anti-malware or anti-spyware apps in Qubes OS 4.0.3 or does Qubes OS takes care of all that ? - If not, which do you recommend ?
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Hello
Qubes OS doesn't have integrated anti-malware stuff. It does protect you, because the most malware will be deletet when you shut down the infected AppVM (because changes in another folder than the home folder of the AppVM will be deletet on shutdown). And the separation of you tasks and data in different AppVMs protects you even if one of your AppVMs got compromised. The QubesFirewall can protect you from spyware, if you set it up correctly (in the AppVM settings under "Firewall rules" add only the domains that you want to use in the specific AppVM).
Now knowing this its about you to decide if you need some
anti-malware apps. But consider also, that anti-malware apps are
just normal programs that check for known not good software. So
they can't protect you from not known malware (witch is easy to
create), it increases also your attack surface im a heavy way and
many of anti-malware programs behave like malware (e.g. running an
person in the middle attack on your web connections or sending
information about whats on your computer (in your case the AppVM)
to the producer of the app.).
M
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Hello
Qubes OS doesn't have integrated anti-malware stuff. It does protect you, because the most malware will be deletet when you shut down the infected AppVM (because changes in another folder than the home folder of the AppVM will be deletet on shutdown). And the separation of you tasks and data in different AppVMs protects you even if one of your AppVMs got compromised. The QubesFirewall can protect you from spyware, if you set it up correctly (in the AppVM settings under "Firewall rules" add only the domains that you want to use in the specific AppVM).
Now knowing this its about you to decide if you need some anti-malware apps. But consider also, that anti-malware apps are just normal programs that check for known not good software. So they can't protect you from not known malware (witch is easy to create), it increases also your attack surface im a heavy way and many of anti-malware programs behave like malware (e.g. running an person in the middle attack on your web connections or sending information about whats on your computer (in your case the AppVM) to the producer of the app.).As a newbie I would like some guidance on how to set up the "QubesFirewall" "correctly".
I have looked on the following pages, but didn't find any guidance on this.
Stuart Perkins
On Wed, 11 Mar 2020 06:00:30 -0700 (PDT)
"'M' via qubes-users" <qubes...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>As a newbie I would like some guidance on how to set up the "QubesFirewall" "correctly".
>
>I have looked on the following pages, but didn't find any guidance on this.
>
>https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/firewall/
>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/qubes-devel/niMbDhS_nWI
>https://blog.invisiblethings.org/2011/09/28/playing-with-qubes-networking-for-fun.html