Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-25 Thread Julie Bedford
Stephen, Just jumping in here. I have the latest Virus Barrier which has so far caused me a pain and now I am unable to open Safari at all. I am not sure if I uninstall Virus Barrier it will make any difference. I would personally not recommend this program. I am on OS 10.7.5 Jewels On

Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-25 Thread Severin Crisp
I have never had any problems with Virus Barrier (or Net Barrier, which I have used on several computers four several years (currently on my iMac, my wives MacBook with Lion and my iPad mini) and it certainly notifies suspicious incoming emails etc but seemingly misses some. I have the latest

Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-25 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Severin, glad to hear that your wives are happy to share the MacBook. Lots of women wouldn't. Sorry, couldn't resist. It would be good if spell checking was intelligent! Cheers, Susan Sent from my iPad On 25 Feb 2014, at 10:57 pm, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: I have

Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-25 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
All of the posts to this thread simply server to reinforce the principle that it is your own behaviour, not software, which is most effective against malware issues. For example, NEVER apply an update for Flash in any other way than going directly to Adobe. The easiest way is to open the Flash

Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-25 Thread Severin Crisp
Susan, looking at my original email I can see where you are coming from - I certainly invited your comment! I claim the excuse of advancing years and not reading what I have typed, at least I spelled it correctly. I assure everybody that I have just one wife, and a very special one at that!

Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-25 Thread Susan Hastings
Hopefully she had a laugh as well. Sent from my iPhone On 26 Feb 2014, at 11:16 am, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Susan, looking at my original email I can see where you are coming from - I certainly invited your comment! I claim the excuse of advancing years and not

Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-25 Thread Julie Bedford
Hi Ronni, Apologise, I completely missed it. Fortunately, I have not tried to uninstall the Intego software. My OSX is 10.7.5. The Intego software consists of the following: Virus Barrier - version 10.7.8 NetUpdate - version 10.7.4 NetBarrier - version 10.7.5 I purchased this within the last

Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-25 Thread Severin Crisp
Yes she sure did On 26 Feb 2014, at 11:40 am, Susan Hastings susanhasti...@mac.com wrote: Hopefully she had a laugh as well. Sent from my iPhone On 26 Feb 2014, at 11:16 am, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Susan, looking at my original email I can see where you are coming

Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-25 Thread Stephen Chape
Thank you Julie, That is good feedback from someone who has experienced this. I will have to give this some serious thought now ! On 25 Feb 2014, at 10:35 pm, Julie Bedford jew...@iinet.net.au wrote: Stephen, Just jumping in here. I have the latest Virus Barrier which has so far caused me a

ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-24 Thread Reg Whitely
Hi all I've renamed this email to reflect its discussion contents. After a considerable length of time (especially as the MBP went to sleep overnight and interrupted the scan, this is what my clamXav found today: three files quarantined. One is a .dmg from my Downloads folder. Don't know what

Re: ClamXav: was Re: Little snitch

2014-02-24 Thread Severin Crisp
Following Reg’s comments I downloaded ClamXav and checked my hard drive, which is protected by Intego Virus Barrier etc. Lo and behold, a list of about 15 nasties came up, all Windows like and all related to unopened attachments on filed emails. Thanks Reg, a bit of housekeeping called for!