[Rhodes22-list] Mac spybot? Was Virus?

[Michael Meltzer]

admazing what you can find on google.

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3758

BTW it is a port of FreeBsd, same software I use :-)

MJM


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Alm" <salm at mn.rr.com>
To: "Rhodes" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 4:22 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Mac spybot? Was Virus?


> 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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