Posted on 03/25/2009 9:41:58 AM PDT by Swordmaker
Re: anti-virus/malware
Currently there are no self-replicating, self-transmitting, self-installing viruses for Mac OS X. There is also no Adware or Spyware save for about twelve Trojans. However, ClamXav is a free OS X anti-virus that will identify WINDOWS viruses that you might inadvertently pass on in email or files you might share. I do not run any AV at all. I haven’t for more than eight years. Neither does Charlie Miller, the guy who just won the CANSECWEST hacking contest by hacking into a Mac. As of now, it just isn’t necessary.
“I do not run any AV at all. I haven’t for more than eight years.”
Same here and the five years before that I had a PC that was always getting a virus even with the best anti-virus protection.
Link, please. ;’)
A trojan targets the most vulnerable part of any system — the part between the chair and keyboard.
If a smooth-talking con man can talk a gullible user into defragging his hard drive with a ball-peen hammer, there is no computer software on the planet that can stop it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.