Safari Safety

wichtb01

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Apr 13, 2007

• #1

I'm looking for a guide to safe web surfing with my new MacBook. I looked in the beginner's guide but did not see or overlooked one. Any help?

 

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PkennethV

macrumors 6502a

• Apr 13, 2007

• #2

What exactly do you mean by "safe surfing"? Did you mean (in the menu bar) Safari>Privite Browsing? Or did you mean viruses and the like?

 

srf4real

macrumors 68040

• Apr 13, 2007

• #3

for safe surfing, use Safari. Apple keeps security well supported with this browser, as opposed to many other third party browsers. You can personalize your preferences settings but security is assured using Safari with any running OS X...

 

emptyCup

macrumors 65816

• Apr 13, 2007

• #4

Under Preferences turn off "Open Safe Files..." and Autofill.

 

wichtb01

macrumors newbie

Original poster

• Apr 13, 2007

• #5

Thanks!

To clarify I was worried that maybe I had to "do" something to insure secure browsing. Using PCs has made me paranoid about what lurks around on the Internet.

 

SkyBell

macrumors 604

• Apr 13, 2007

• #6

wichtb01 said:

Thanks!

To clarify I was worried that maybe I had to "do" something to insure secure browsing. Using PCs has made me paranoid about what lurks around on the Internet.

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Well, that doesn't mean you can go to any old site on the net and not catch a virus, even Macs aren't 100% safe. Watch those suspicious sites you go to.

 

srf4real

macrumors 68040

• Apr 14, 2007

• #7

Cassie said:

Well, that doesn't mean you can go to any old site on the net and not catch a virus, even Macs aren't 100% safe. Watch those suspicious sites you go to.

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😱 Heresy!

I dunno, I have been to some pretty dark corners of the interwebs and always come out clean as a shiny apple... with exeption for a few times that force quitting Safari was the only alternative to unfreeze it.😛

 

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72930

Retired

• Apr 14, 2007

• #8

Cassie said:

Well, that doesn't mean you can go to any old site on the net and not catch a virus, even Macs aren't 100% safe. Watch those suspicious sites you go to.

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There are as of now NO viruses for OS X. 0, nada, nothing. You WILL hear about it when someone puts one into the wild.

Firefox has a phishing filter though...

 

clevin

macrumors G3

• Apr 14, 2007

• #9

emptyCup said:

Under Preferences turn off "Open Safe Files..." and Autofill.

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i second that, also, be aware of phishing website, its platform-independent risk, even if u use linux.