Safari Safety

[wichtb01]

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?

 

[PkennethV]

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]

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]

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

 

[wichtb01]

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]

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.

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]

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.

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.

 

[72930]

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.

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]

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

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