Hello Donal I meant to warn you about this. When this happens just press enter. It is an authentication window that VoiceOver doesn't see.
On 6 Sep 2011, at 09:41, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: HI Lynne, I've just tried installing this and when I open it VO reports "MacScan has no windows". Dfónal On 6 Sep 2011, at 08:32, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Hello everybody > > Is anybody else using this security tool I wonder? If not and you're > concerned with your systems' overall security, you might want to give it a > go. No; I'm not bringing back the age-old subject of viruses! Whilst I'm sure > they exist for OSX I haven't ever encountered one and nor, as far as I know, > has anybody else I have discussed that with. So while I'm not arrogant enough > to assume my security from such things is absolute, I'm not about to waste > more money lining the pockets of people who, according to some, produce the > virus applications themselves in order to start a panic so that people will > then buy the antivirus applications produced by the same people. At the very > least I think it's possible that they start the rumours and scaremongering. > > Actually, I'm talking about the detection of spyware, tracking cookies and > other such malware. I'm given to understand that even people like Google use > tracking cookies in order to keep tabs on your browsing activities. Whilst > that maybe entirely benign, I can't deny that it does concern me; > particularly since our client computers (all Macs) are used for things like > online banking and other similar transactions. > > MacScan 2.01 seemingly has more capabilities than any other security tool I > personally have tried for detecting such things as might pose a threat to the > user's data integrity. I tried running a full scan on it yesterday evening > and left it running on our MacBook overnight just to see what it came up > with. The results were quite interesting. It would seem that Google isn't the > only supposedly reputable company now employing tracking cookies, (if, > indeed, you can call Google "reputable"). > > Anybody feel like giving this a try, you can find it at > <http://macscan.securemac.com> Oh, and have a look around the main site; it's > quite interesting. <http://www.securemac.com> > > Lynne > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
