1. The internet isn't a safe place, so always be aware of possible
threats, just don't get too paranoid about it (which is what people tend
to do regardless). When filling in a form with personal info, like
creditcard info I tend to check if the url starts with https:// rather
than http://, the former is secure and seems to get used more an more now.
2. No Virus, spyware, malware or other security program is full-proof,
because they update after the virus, spyware or malware has been
identified leaving a time to get infected without detection. Aside from
that they can't catch everything, in fact you'd need about a dozen
virus, spyware or malware protection programs to catch all and that may
still leave a little gap. This mostly applies to Windows as I'm quite
new to Mac and haven't really worried about adding security yet, nor
which program does the best job.
3. People are creative. Writing a virus on windows can be quite simple.
On Mac this may be more difficult, but "where there's a will, there's a
way".
Do I think mac is completely safe? As it's an annoying habit I have I'll
answer that with another question: "is anything?"
-- Ruud
--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
"MacVisionaries" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
