Hi all! Seeing this is sort of talking about overall protection! Other people have said for another layer to make a master account with full rights then make yourself a daily user account with only read and write! And only go to the master account for when you need to! Colin
On 20 Feb 2013, at 23:37, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ricardo > I think both is true. This is because the thing is it's not just us that gets > attacked. I Can't claim to be an expert myself. However, although you can > install anti-virus on your computer, you are ultimately depending on that > company to know what they're doing, and this has always been the strong point > for the Mac, The fact that everything is all one unit and you don't have to > worry as much about this issue. In Apple's case, they could say "we have it > covered for you, and you don't have to worry about that." > The thing is, when we choose an antivirus program, unless we are computer > professionals, we have not a clue if that company knows what they're doing. > In fact, most of us blind folks are going to choose the company based on > whether they are accessible. The We are not actually taking our own > responsibility when we install antivirus on our computers. This is because we > are trusting someone else to do it right. If they don't, we've had it. It > would be different if we could do our own programming and protect ourselves > With our own expertise. I responsibility for security, I think, is going to > have to be wigmaking backups, and securing those copies. Other things too > would come and play for us, line keeping us passwords secure and other common > sense stuff. > Regards, > Gigi > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:25 PM, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying OS makers should take care of >> anti virus in house, and pass on the price to consumers because it will be >> cheaper or, they should handle it in house because it will better prevent >> infection. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Feb 20, 2013, at 5:11 PM, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I was actually curious about antivirus software myself. >>> On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:43 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: >>> >>>> Hi guys >>>> I am speaking here strictly from a lay woman's point of view, especially >>>> after what happened to a blind friend of mine who was beside herself with >>>> fury when her Windows desktop caught a vicious virus and she had to spend >>>> all day on the issue, including disconnecting and wagging the desktop >>>> (using cab fare), to get rid of the virus. She has virus protection on her >>>> computer, but this nasty virus killed off WindowEyes so that it didn't >>>> tell her she had a problem. She misinterpreted everything and thought that >>>> her computer had just locked up for some stupid reason. The WindowEyes >>>> people, even though they probably weren't supposed to help her with issues >>>> other than WindowEye tried, but she had to get a reader to look at the >>>> screen, whereupon she found out that the nasty virus had put up a notice >>>> that she should pay the crooks $200 to get rid of this thing. >>>> >>>> Now, the reason I mention this is that this noncomputer professional has >>>> better things to do with her time than dealing with the consequences of >>>> crooks, and I think it was probably something that MicroSoft never dreamed >>>> would get this bad. But in my opinion, Steve Jobs was right. All of this >>>> has to be co-ordinated and put together so it works as a unit. I hope >>>> that, if Apple hasn't done it already, that keeping up with these viruses >>>> will need to be done by them so that everybody, his brother and sister, >>>> too, won't have to get involved in this and it won't become a big business >>>> like apparently it is for Windows users. I mean, my friend had to shop >>>> around to get the best price she could to get rid of this nasty thing >>>> created by people who should be in jail. >>>> >>>> Just my two cents worth, such that it is. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Gigi >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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