If you're only wanting to browse, and are not sure a particular site can be trusted, you might try using a live linux cd and browse from there. Might not hurt to unmount your hard drive partition if you do this just as an added layer of protection. Some live cd's auto mount what they can find, some don't.
I run clamXav on my mac just because i was curious, but have never found anything with it. As far as downloading updates with linux, if you download something with a trojan, and transfer it to your windows machine, you can still get nailed unless your windows AV or malware scanner picks it up. In many cases it boils down to whether you believe the site you are downloading from can be trusted or not. I ran windows for a lot of years and didn't have too much trouble. Was surely not trouble free by any means. In some ways, I think its worse now. Cross session hijacking, clickjacking, browser exploits. With things moving closer and closer to being cloud based, I suspect things are going to get really really ugly before they get better. Just my opinion though. On 10/30/10, stephen barncard <[email protected]> wrote: > Alejandro , When did you last hear about a Mac virus? > > I don't like to boast, but.. > > I practice safe computing and a good router and don't use any anti-virus > software at all on any of my 4 macs. Haven't had a virus problem since 2002. > All running Leopard. Am I being foolish? > > I find the need for the annoying McCaffe software when I've used XP quite > disgusting. If the OS is so bad you have to use a third party app to > 'protect' yourself.... > > The symbiotic relationship between McCaffee and Microsoft is kinda creepy. > There's even a button I did not install that goes to their website imbedded > in IE 6. > > Downloads are almost always easy fast and safe on macs.... > > > On 30 October 2010 14:25, Alejandro Tejada <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> Recently I have been considering seriously to unplug all >> my Windows computers from the internet and >> use only Linux to browse and download updates. >> >> In truth, >> How safe is using Linux browsers in the internet? >> Most exploits seems directed to Windows and Mac users >> but are Linux users really exempt from these risks??? >> >> What are your first hand experiences with the most common >> security risks under the Linux platform? >> >> http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Main_Page >> >> http://e-articles.info/e/a/title/Which-Are-The-Most-Common-Network-Security-Risks/ >> >> http://www.bangkokpost.com/tech/technews/34952/today-10-most-common-security-threats-on-the-net >> http://www.brighthub.com/internet/security-privacy/articles/3438.aspx >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Alejandro >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco Ca. USA > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
