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keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 1473
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 7:46 am:   Edit Post

anybody got any good advice on some good virus protection???
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1940
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 7:49 am:   Edit Post

I use McAfee and I haven't had a virus or spyware, EVER.

OO
811952
Senior Member
Username: 811952

Post Number: 1520
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 8:34 am:   Edit Post

Tally another vote for McAfee.

I also use Malwarebytes these days to find and clean bad things. You can do a search for it at www.majorgeeks.com to download the latest version.

John
adriaan
Senior Member
Username: adriaan

Post Number: 1953
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 8:39 am:   Edit Post

Don't download stuff off the internet that you wouldn't want your mother to know about - lots of viruses lurking in the dark.
byoung
Senior Member
Username: byoung

Post Number: 1086
Registered: 12-2004
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 9:46 am:   Edit Post

I've got some advice:

Use Firefox with Adblock and Noscript.

Most of the threat vectors these days are email and web based, and FF + the extensions I listed should protect from the vast majority of web based ones.

If you run windows, you need to have at least Windows XP SP2, and turn the windows firewall on. I don't see any need for an add-on firewall, the one included is quite serviceable.

As far as antivirus goes:

Trend Micro: use only if you have been recently thinking, "man, my computer is just waay too fast, and I need to slow it down. Waaaaaay down."

Symantec: okay, and I've heard that the latest version (9?) is much less obtrusive (good thing!)

McAfee: okay

AVG: seems to not be too performance draining, plus it is free for non-commercial use.
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1941
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 10:01 am:   Edit Post

I have another question. I have a MAC in my studio and although I don't use it very often for the internet and email it does have access and I have NO virus protection on it. I am fairly new to MAc OS so my question is, DO I NEED A THIRD PARTY VIRUS PROTECTION?

OO
flaxattack
Senior Member
Username: flaxattack

Post Number: 2062
Registered: 4-2004
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 10:04 am:   Edit Post

i use firefox and norton security
jas
Junior
Username: jas

Post Number: 17
Registered: 4-2008
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 1:21 pm:   Edit Post

I use Macs exclusively. I have ClamXAV (free) on both machines as well as the built-in firewalls. But Macs are a lower risk ... at present. Look at versiontracker.com for Mac software, you can find plenty freeware.

Jas :-)
mike1762
Intermediate Member
Username: mike1762

Post Number: 122
Registered: 1-2008
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 3:42 pm:   Edit Post

I use condoms
lbpesq
Senior Member
Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 3285
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 5:23 pm:   Edit Post

I tried that once, but it made the screen really blurry.

Bill, tgo
artswork99
Senior Member
Username: artswork99

Post Number: 481
Registered: 7-2007
Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 7:07 pm:   Edit Post

LOL
rogueman
Junior
Username: rogueman

Post Number: 14
Registered: 1-2006
Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 8:19 am:   Edit Post

Linux. Any body know the best version for music?
olieoliver
Senior Member
Username: olieoliver

Post Number: 1944
Registered: 2-2006
Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 8:23 am:   Edit Post

Maybe Lenux "Kravitz". (rim-shot) :-)

OO
811952
Senior Member
Username: 811952

Post Number: 1521
Registered: 10-2003
Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 10:07 am:   Edit Post

I used Ubuntu for awhile and found good codec availability, but it's been awhile..
hankster
Intermediate Member
Username: hankster

Post Number: 181
Registered: 6-2004
Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 6:17 pm:   Edit Post

You don't really need any 3p protection on a mac, unless you are concerned about receiving contaminants via email and passing them on to others via email unknowingly, by forwarding mail for example. And of course if you are using a Mac with an Intel chip and running Windows on it, you will be just as vulnerable in that mode as on any PC.

Rick
keavin
Senior Member
Username: keavin

Post Number: 1474
Registered: 12-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 3:19 am:   Edit Post

thanks crew!!!
jazzyvee
Senior Member
Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 1261
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 11:22 am:   Edit Post

When I first had my mac laptop, the store advised me to get norton/symantec anti-virus and firewall software. It slowed the computer down so much that in the end after searching the net I realised I didn't really need it. So i un-installed it and have not had any viral attacks even after getting the same emails that my windows friends have had catastrophe's with.

Accepting macs are less vulnerable to virus attack, is that still the same situation for being hacked into?
Are macs just as vulnerable as pc's in that respect?
hankster
Intermediate Member
Username: hankster

Post Number: 182
Registered: 6-2004
Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 2:03 pm:   Edit Post

They are vulnerable, to a hacker with good knowledge of Linux and Mac OS. The highest vulnerability arises if you login as "root" and then access the internet, since it is in that file that the greatest hacker vulnerability of the system resides. But generally they are vulnerable. The biggest thing they have going for them in that regard is the relatively low number of hackers with much interest or knowledge of the Mac world.

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