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spyware
anybody know of a good free anti spyware package? I’m paranoid.
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No…Paranoid is wanting an anit-virus program for a Mac. That’s the kind of thing probably isn’t needed but it couldn’t hurt to be worried about from time to time.
But being worried about spyware? That’s just over the top. I’m afraid there’s not much that will help you. It’s hard to write a program to stop what doesn’t exist.
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so spyware’s not going to get me on mac?
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Well said Jeff. For anyone with PCs…I would go with Spyware Doctor or Norton Anti-Virus. They have worked great for me on my PC.
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I use a program call Little Snitch that will block all outbound traffic unless you say it is ok. Very handy to see what is trying to talk with whom.
https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/
Also, if your using p2p stuff then use limewire.com – no nasties within the package it seems (I have 10 years in IT security and 10 months of FCP so this post may be the only one that anybody can every trust me on 😉
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Well, one thing I failed to point out…
Go into System Prefrences and make sure your firewall is on.
I don’t mean to make it sound like you don’t need ANY protection, but my point was that you don’t need much MORE than the built-in firewall provides. But make sure it’s on…I’m pretty sure it comes “off” by default.
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A site for the less trusting among us.
https://www.securemac.com/HTH,
BryceDon’t worry Mr. B. I have a cunning plan…
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well I’ve got my software firewall turned off but I have a netgear adsl router with hardware firewall – so I guess this is doing the same job or better?
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There was a report last week about spyware erasing software for the PC. Norton came out as being the worst of them all (finding almost no spyware).
I hate to say it, but the Betasoftware of Microsoft turned out to be the best (removed 80% or so, whcih of course is still too little). It’s called Microsoft Antispyware.Rienk
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I cannot wait for the Mac-Centric community to be dragged into the universe of viruses/spyware. The holier than thou situation they enjoy is coming to an end some day….it is UNIX based afterall…:)
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Hi guys
Even better, Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger has an enhanced firewall, where you can enable a stealth mode, which ensures uninvited traffic receives no response ie. it’s as if your Mac doesn’t exist.
To enable it:
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