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Whats a good ad-ware program for mac
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Steve1496 said:
Unless you are concerned about spreading viruse to friends and family not on a Mac.
iGary said:
How would that happen? If the virus doesn't infect the mac, it won't send itself along.
You can give an infected file to a Windows user, say by forwarding an email with an attachment.
Also, if you receive and infected file, say a Word document. You might be able to use it and not even know it is infected and then give it to a Windows user to look over and suddenly they are infected. Mac anit-virus would catch these files and clean them as they pass through, kind of like a firewall or a spam filter.
Also, if you receive and infected file, say a Word document. You might be able to use it and not even know it is infected and then give it to a Windows user to look over and suddenly they are infected. Mac anit-virus would catch these files and clean them as they pass through, kind of like a firewall or a spam filter.
yippy said:
What he said. I have to be really careful with my non-Mac clients. I infected one once and took down their whole network.
Your best bet might be something like Little Snitch.
It will not remove any malware but what it will tell you which programmes are trying to phone home or otherwise use your network connection surreptitiously (which is basically what spyware is) and give you the option to block them.
It will not remove any malware but what it will tell you which programmes are trying to phone home or otherwise use your network connection surreptitiously (which is basically what spyware is) and give you the option to block them.
No program like that exists for Mac, because you really do not need one.Arcktik said:
All Mac browsers have pop-up blockers.
Then why does Symantec make Norton Anti-"Virus for Mac when you don't need it? My friend's mom is forcing him to get it, even though the CompUSA people, me, and her son told her it was unnecessary.
That's pretty much what I thought it's for. Maybe they are trying to catch the people that had bad experience with their Windows systems.
Norton can screw up your system. If you do a search, someone has posted a command line "utility" that acts like its scanning for viruses, and tells you that the scan is complete and no viruses were detected... but its really nothing. It doesn't really scan. Somebody made it cause their IT dept wouldnt' let them on the network unless they had virus software.macsrockmysocks said:
What's up with Allume Systems "Internet Cleanup" software? One of the features is to remove spyware. I had version 2.0 a while back on my iMac but never installed it in my PB. It never found any "spyware". Guess I wasted my money.
