Re: Mac anti-virus / spyware?
Intego Virus Barrier X4. Costs but is worth it. On 11/11/2008, at 8:26 AM, Antony Lord wrote: Tell me people - what are you using these days for anti-virus / anti- spyware on your Macs? I was using Virex but it was an awful bit of bloatware that I found thoroughly annoying. Would love to hear what's working in the field! Cheers, Antony. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mac anti-virus / spyware?
Using ClamXav 1.1.1 to watch email and downloads on iMac Intel 2.4GHz. Been using ClamXav since it appeared. No infections, no special problems. Vlad James -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mac anti-virus / spyware?
Tell me people - what are you using these days for anti-virus / anti- spyware on your Macs? I was using Virex but it was an awful bit of bloatware that I found thoroughly annoying. Would love to hear what's working in the field! Cheers, Antony. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mac anti-virus / spyware?
I use Google Apps (Gmail) for mail, so that does virus scanning as well as spam filtering. Am also Little Snitch user - LS notifies you whenever any application requests an outgoing network connection (you can set up an approval as a one off or permanently, or deny one off or permanently). So whenever any app tries to connect out/phone home, I know. Glenn. 2008/11/11 Antony Lord [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tell me people - what are you using these days for anti-virus / anti-spyware on your Macs? I was using Virex but it was an awful bit of bloatware that I found thoroughly annoying. Would love to hear what's working in the field! Cheers, Antony. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mac anti-virus / spyware?
I tried out the new version of Clam AV X. Seems to work like a charm and it's totally free! (donationware). http://www.clamxav.com/ Does all the stuff the big boys do now, schedule updates, email scanning, watched folders, scheduled scans. I tried it on a Macbook with a large archive of email in Eudora format that had been imported to Entourage. Picked up virus's in both databases.. My testing has not been extensive but can't find a reason why why you would go past this at the price. On that note I encourage all my client if they use something free/donation to make a donation. It makes the world go around. I'd be interested to hear feedback from others as it's going into my small list of software that I recommend without reservation to people. Rob On 11/11/2008, at 8:26 AM, Antony Lord wrote: Tell me people - what are you using these days for anti-virus / anti- spyware on your Macs? I was using Virex but it was an awful bit of bloatware that I found thoroughly annoying. Would love to hear what's working in the field! Cheers, Antony. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mac anti-virus / spyware?
Hello Antony, Rob WAMUGers, I recommend Mac users read this entire article by Rich Mogull who is a Computer Security Expert first. It is quite informative. Should Mac Users Run Antivirus Software? - http://db.tidbits.com/article/9511 ** Re: ClamXav -- I downloaded ClamXav v1.1.1 (185) to test it out. After Installing ClamXav and installing it's Contextual Menu Item (so you can always use it to scan individual files), one thing I noticed that people want to be careful about is setting the Preferences for ClamXav. In Preferences General - I would NOT recommend turning on Quarantine infected files to: It does give you are warning not to use this option if you have set your email to be scanned or watched. I suggest your email ( downloads) are probably the most important files to be scanning for viruses etc. If you have Quarantine infected files to a folder turned on. If a message in your email mailbox is infected, this option has the potential to move your ENTIRE MAILBOX away from where it should be! --- i.e. You could loose all your mail from within your Mail Application. You could find it and place it back where it came from, but it's a bit of a hassle. So I DON'T have this option checked, I have checked in General Prefs, under Miscellaneous Options - Scan e-mail files Alert on virus detection. More about Preferences here: http://www.clamxav.com/index.php?page=prefs I noticed it was very slow updating it's virus definitions and Main.cvd, but it was relatively quick to scan my email and did find 4 emails which I sent to Trash ( emptied Trash). These were emails I had forwarded on to PayPal alerting them to spam mail I was receiving some time back. My conclusions are: If you feel you need Virus Protection on your Mac, ClamXav is probably as good as any other and it is free (donation is appreciated). Just be aware when setting it's Preferences. Cheers, Ronni On 11/11/2008, at 8:40 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: I tried out the new version of Clam AV X. Seems to work like a charm and it's totally free! (donationware). http://www.clamxav.com/ Does all the stuff the big boys do now, schedule updates, email scanning, watched folders, scheduled scans. I tried it on a Macbook with a large archive of email in Eudora format that had been imported to Entourage. Picked up virus's in both databases.. My testing has not been extensive but can't find a reason why why you would go past this at the price. On that note I encourage all my client if they use something free/donation to make a donation. It makes the world go around. I'd be interested to hear feedback from others as it's going into my small list of software that I recommend without reservation to people. Rob On 11/11/2008, at 8:26 AM, Antony Lord wrote: Tell me people - what are you using these days for anti-virus / anti-spyware on your Macs? I was using Virex but it was an awful bit of bloatware that I found thoroughly annoying. Would love to hear what's working in the field! Cheers, Antony. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
