 Osx & Virus Protection??? |
 Wed 27 Oct 2004, 19:17
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Just wondering who all uses 3rd party virus protection software... the two years i've have my mac i have had no protection and no viruses... am i just being naive? my only line of protection is having two hardrives: one as my boot/application drive and the other for all my music...
just looking to see what other people have... .d. |
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 Thu 28 Oct 2004, 00:16
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Nope, but i'm using the ipfw firewall (OS X) and LittleSnitch.
There's been right now, a Trojan, a Worm and a ROOTkit (worm in the form of a shell script), the two first are suspiscious as for their origin, the third is no big deal, you must install it yourself with admin privileges. So, for now, we're safe. Now, If you use M$ Office, there's still the macro viruses around… But why use Office when you can use Open Office or less heavy apps? And with NO security problems… Right now, antiviruses on OS X are just $$$ for editors.  But it may change one day! 
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don says mac Osx & Virus Protection??? Wed 27 Oct 2004, 19:17
chappy I've been to data recovery several times (... Thu 28 Oct 2004, 05:40 Riverdog I've been running without virus protection sin... Fri 29 Oct 2004, 00:41 lepetitmartien (I'm going to repat myself a little…)
You can... Fri 29 Oct 2004, 02:31 Synthetik I also have not ever found a virus or spyware on m... Thu 11 Nov 2004, 09:20 chappy I would (respectfully) say, get Norton but disable... Thu 11 Nov 2004, 15:39 don says mac I appreciate all the ideas... I just wanted to get... Thu 11 Nov 2004, 16:09 arvidtp QUOTE (lepetitmartien @ Oct 28 2004, 21:31)Yo... Thu 11 Nov 2004, 17:01 iShawn One of the reasons why I decided to switch to Mac ... Thu 11 Nov 2004, 18:05 ourmanflinty Who has seen mbdf a / b ?? It's the only mac v... Fri 12 Nov 2004, 16:58 Synthetik That really is the question, Will there be more?
I... Fri 12 Nov 2004, 20:23
lepetitmartien mbdf is peanuts
If you're running pre OS X M... Sat 13 Nov 2004, 05:39 |
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