Re: Virus Checker / Firewall protection

[Tarkin <Tarkin000@gmail.com>]

On Jan 17, 10:56 am, winston19842005 <bjjlya...@NOSPAMbellsouth.net>
wrote:
> On 1/17/09 10:12 AM, in article gzmcl.78007$2w.7...@newsfe28.ams2, "Glen"
>
> <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
>
> 1. Ask in a newsgroup with "mac" in the name.
>
> ok, got that out of the way.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.

my $deity, what machines would take > 45 min to run S&D?

TTFN,
  Tarkin