James,
Just for a bit of extra protection, to make sure you're fire wall is
turned on. i only say this because when I got mine from the sotr, it
was turne off, seemingly by default.
If you go into "System preferences"
Navigate to "Sharing"
Navigate to the "Firewall" tab
Within this tab is the "start" button
I didn't realize this until i was just having a look around one day
and saw it was off so I turned it on
Best James
On 4 Aug 2007, at 23:53, James Jolley wrote:
Thanks all for your informative replies. I just won't bother
looking into this any further then, happy surfing all round then
isn't it!
-James-
On 4 Aug 2007, at 23:42, John Panarese wrote:
It is likely that someone with far too much time and the mind
to to do so will come up with some kind of virus or such, but for
the time being, there are no known viruses that effect the Mac
OS. There have been claims and other nonsense about viruses or
serious security problems with Macs that have panned out to be
relative exaggerations or complete hoaxes. This includes an
article in News Week when Vista came out in which Bill Gates
ranted about how Mac users are at risk every day and Macs get
taken over all the time compared to Windows, by the way. It is,
from my understanding, a matter of the architecture of Mac OS X
compared to that of Windows. Also, of course, Microsoft and
security are the twenty-first century's greatest oxymoron.
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On Aug 4, 2007, at 6:28 PM, James Austin wrote:
Hi James,
You don't need one for the mac, because there are no viruses for
mac. People have certainly tried, and failed.
This is due I think to the Unix foundation of Mac OS X but
someone with more knowledge may be able to give you a better
definition.
Maybe some day when/if Macs become a viable force in the work
place, there will be viruses, but not today.
Hope this helps
James
PS - If you install Windows on to your Mac, you are at risk from
Windows viruses, but they will only affect the Windows part of
the hard disk.
On 4 Aug 2007, at 23:16, James Jolley wrote:
Hi folks,
What are you all using to scan your macs for viruses? Are there
any free scanners out there and is it as important to have one
for your mac compared to say windows?
Best
-James-
