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| From | android <here@there.was> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Mac Malware |
| Date | 2017-03-10 09:43 +0100 |
| Organization | the center |
| Message-ID | <here-8AB855.09430010032017@news.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <4wPvA.84517$i7.38100@fx30.fr7> <eial2cFa1p5U1@mid.individual.net> <o9sntp$rdt$1@dont-email.me> <eie6n9F1je2U1@mid.individual.net> <o9tnl1$1oq$1@dont-email.me> |
In article <o9tnl1$1oq$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 2017-03-09 23:27:37 +0000, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said:
>
> > FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 2017-03-08 10:07:56 -0500, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> said:
> >>
> >>> On 2017-03-08, David B. <DavidB@nomail.afraid.invalid> wrote:
> >>>> Would anyone like to discuss the material mentioned here?
> >>>>
> >>>> https://www.intego.com/mac-security-blog/month-in-review-apple-security-i
> >>>> n-february-2017/
>
> Do
>
> YOU
> >>>>
> >>>> use any kind of AV product on your Apple device(s)?
> >>>
> >>> Apple provides built-in protections, and safe computing practices are
> >>> all that is needed to prevent infection. The vast majority of Mac
> >>> malware in the wild today requires users to install it. Don't install it
> >>> and you'll be fine. ; )
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, some of us have wives...
> >
> > Me too. Still don't need anti-virus software on my Macs.
> >
> >> I spent 3 days getting rid of
> >> a "coupon printer" app that wasn't a coupon printer app.
> >
> > Yeah I've seen one or two of those.
> >
> >> I run Avast free now, and it alerts her when there's something fishy
> >> going on with a download, or a site with malicious code.
> >
> > What does it do when she tries to install a coupon printing app?
>
> Well, first off, she doesn't install *anything* any more.
>
> Usually she doesn't get that far. It alerts her when she goes to a
> website that has malicious code, which the site she downloaded the
> "printer" from did.
>
> It also tells her when an email contains something fishy ("phishy"?) -
> and she dumps it unopened.
>
> It's not foolproof, but it has it's uses... and it's free.
So you installed a gatekeeper that monitors your computer out of Prague
free of charge. YMMV.
--
teleportation kills
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