[Rhodes22-list] Mac spybot? Was Virus?

[Wally Buck]

Slim, As a long tim e Mac user (current MS user) I can verify that Macs do 
get viruses. Those inclined to write viruses want to infect the largest 
amount of users, so they go after Windows. MS doesn't help the issue by 
releasing crappy code that can easily be hacked. The new mac OS is a flavor 
of UNIX and is by all reports much more secure than Windows. I miss my old 
Mac!

Wally


>From: Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Mac spybot? Was Virus?
>Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 15:22:38 -0600
>
>I don't have virus problems since I have a Mac.  As I understand it, a 
>virus
>is an executable (xxxxx.exe) which is not recognized by Macs.  But I can 
>and
>do get spyware, i.e., "cookies,"  the little bits of software that the web
>sites pass on to my browser whenever I visit any web site.  Most of them 
>are
>harmless, such as when I visit Amazon, the cookie tells them who I am and
>what I've bought before.  That way they can make suggestions pop up that I
>might like.  Or if I set up "My Yahoo" it's the cookie that keeps me
>straight from everyone else that logs in.  More devious are the data
>harvester cookies that track every move I make on the web for marketing
>purposes.  They can also harvest your email for spammers.  Worse still are
>the "malware" cookies that can cause damage even to the mighty Mac. (rare) 
>I
>can shut all the cookies off in my browser prefs, but then most web site
>won't work.  I have not found any spybot-type programs for the Mac.  
>Anybody
>know of one?
>Slim
>
>On 3/3/04 12:47 PM, "R22RumRunner at aol.com" <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > PT,
> > Antivirus definitions should almost be updated daily. Norton's 2003 
>version
> > has an automatic update feature that does the update every time you sign 
>on to
> > your ISP.
> > I would also recommend installing spybot software
> > http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=mirrors and depending on 
>the
> > Windows version you are
> > running also installing Zone Alarm which also has a free version to try 
>out:
> > http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/home.jsp
> > It seems like a lot to do, but it is necessary in this day and age.
> >
> > Rummy
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