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My Fucking Antivirus isn't updating

Started by RPGPundit, July 18, 2008, 02:48:48 PM

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J Arcane

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July 18, 2008, 11:32:16 PM Last Edit: July 18, 2008, 11:42:57 PM by J Arcane
Quote from: John Morrow;226529Yes, my anti-virus is always up-to-date on my Mac -- because I'm not running any. ;)
While virii are largely nonexistant due to practical reasons stemming from better security implementation, I know for a fact that there's still spyware present on OS X, because I've personally had to remove it from my own machine.  And there are still a few trojans out there now and again.

So don't get any funny ideas that having a Mac makes you totally bulletproof.  There's always crooked fuckers out there.
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July 19, 2008, 03:05:53 AM
The reason Mac has so little is that no one USES Mac ;) There's no point in breaking computers that aren't selling :p

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July 19, 2008, 09:26:41 AM
Quote from: J Arcane;226532While virii are largely nonexistant due to practical reasons stemming from better security implementation, I know for a fact that there's still spyware present on OS X, because I've personally had to remove it from my own machine.  And there are still a few trojans out there now and again.

Out of curiosity, I downloaded and ran a MacScan since it has a free 30 day evaluation.  It wound up finding 36 ad tracking cookies but nothing else.  I'm careful about what I'm installing before I'm willing to type my admin password, so that doesn't surprise me.

Quote from: J Arcane;226532So don't get any funny ideas that having a Mac makes you totally bulletproof.  There's always crooked fuckers out there.

No computer is totally bulletproof but I've generally found a lot more troubling stuff on a computer when I run scan like that when the computer as a PC than when it's a Mac, even when the PC is running security software and the Mac isn't.
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J Arcane

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July 19, 2008, 11:47:52 AM
Quote from: shewolf;226560The reason Mac has so little is that no one USES Mac ;) There's no point in breaking computers that aren't selling :p
Actually, Apple is currently the number #3 computer maker on the market, and their market share has been growing largely unabated for a number of years now.  

Quote from: John MorrowOut of curiosity, I downloaded and ran a MacScan since it has a free 30 day evaluation. It wound up finding 36 ad tracking cookies but nothing else. I'm careful about what I'm installing before I'm willing to type my admin password, so that doesn't surprise me.

I wasn't aware there even was any anti-spyware software out there, as so far as I've seen it seems few folks are aware it's even out there.  In my case, it was actually losing my internet for a couple weeks that let me spot some "free" software that was dialing home (Solitaire XL, BTW.  Stay away from it.)  I also ran into some suspicions regarding Weatherbug, as the PC version is well known as spyware.  

QuoteNo computer is totally bulletproof but I've generally found a lot more troubling stuff on a computer when I run scan like that when the computer as a PC than when it's a Mac, even when the PC is running security software and the Mac isn't.

It's absolutely true that the Mac OS is leap years ahead of Windows in the security department, largely due to the UNIX core of the OS, but with the market share growing all the time, more and more people are finding ways, and Apple is abysmally slow when it comes to releasing OS updates.  

If they continue growing as they have, they're going to have to step up.  That big Safari vulnerability that hit recently took them months to fix.
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shewolf

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July 19, 2008, 02:47:54 PM
Quote from: J Arcane;226587Actually, Apple is currently the number #3 computer maker on the market, and their market share has been growing largely unabated for a number of years now.  

I was teasing :) Akin to when my other half calls open office CommieWare.

Sadly, sarcasm doesn't travel well.

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StormBringer

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July 22, 2008, 12:22:34 PM
If you want it really, really secure, you can get a flash drive and install PortableApps, which comes with ClamWin antivirus.  The whole suite of programs is less than a gig, so if you want a bit of storage space, a 2gb drive is cheap.  It also has the entire Open Office package, GIMP portable, Firefox portable, a dozen and a half other programs, and you can install more from the site as you need them.  If you don't want or need what is included, you just delete the folder and do a re-scan on the PortableApps menu program.  Easy peasy.

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