Re: Virus Checker / Firewall protection

["winston19842005@yahoo.com" <winston19842005@yahoo.com>]

On Jan 18, 1:19 pm, Tarkin <Tarkin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 17, 10:56 am, winston19842005 <bjjlya...@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>
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> > On 1/17/09 10:12 AM, in article gzmcl.78007$2w.7...@newsfe28.ams2, "Glen"
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> > <glen.bradb...@virgin.net> wrote:
> > > I am looking to buy my first iMac but wondered what to do regarding Firewall
> > > / Virus protection - currently use McAfee on my PC.  Guy in the Apple store
> > > said I don't need anything - but is this really true, or does my new Mac
> > > come with some protection built in?
> > > Any advice appreciated
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> > 1. Ask in a newsgroup with "mac" in the name.
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> > ok, got that out of the way.
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> > 2. The mac comes with a built-in software firewall. And if you use a router,
> > you should have its firewall protection turned on. You won't need the
> > software firewall if you have your hardware firewall set properly.
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> > 3. Virus protection - you can buy virus protection for your Mac. To say you
> > don't need protection may be silly. However, I don't run it on mine. But I
> > am silly. However, it remains true that most viruses are aimed at the most
> > popular OS, Microsoft Windows. Virus writers are more interested in
> > targeting the biggest audiences.
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> > ClamAV is free. I've tried it before on Linux, but I really did not like it.
> > I think AVG has a free version for the Mac, I almost downloaded it IIRC.
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> > BTW: You didn't mention spyware... I've done a couple of scans on my Mac
> > using a spyware scanner (can't remember where) and never found anything.
> > What does that mean? Not sure, perhaps the scanner sucked.
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> > Honestly, last few times I tried Adaware on my PC at work, it found nothing
> > but cookies and some other non-interesting things. And spybot, once they
> > upgraded some time back, the program will run for hours on the machine at
> > work, meaning it is impractical to use.
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> my $deity, what machines would take > 45 min to run S&D?
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2.6 Ghz Pentium 4, 2GB RAM, 40GB hard drive. Been running anti-spyware
programs often, as this is a shared computer and some co-workers go to
sites that I'd never.

As I said, Adaware will run a full scan pretty fast, but find nothing.
It is S&D that takes forever.