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Subject: [Leica] OT: Anti-Virus Software for Mac
From: mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner)
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 15:02:53 -0400

They wont always let you quiet Safari. You have to force quit it. That makes
smoke come up from the top of your monitor.


On 6/26/15 2:25 AM, "Brian Keith Reid" <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:

> I agree 100% with Robert Rose.


> I use the free ClamXav scanner.  Get it at
> the App Store.  There is no reason not to use it.  I set it to autoupdate
> definitions and autoscan.
>
> This is the program that the Genius Bar
> recommended.  They said nothing else was needed if I did a regular 
> scheduled
> scan.
>
> It automatically sends bad files to quarantine and kills them.
> Cheap at twice the price.
>
> There are definitely virus programs floating
> around that infect Macs.  They (in my experience) are in these classes:
>
>
> Adware
> Java based which you pickup at websites you should have avoided
>
> Phishing email attachments
>
> OSX is loaded with roadblocks that help avoid
> the Java stuff.  The problem is that they usually filter too much, and in
> particular it causes severe headaches with the US Patent Office (I spend a 
> lot
> of time on their website).
>
> One type of online malware that really annoys
> me is the popup.  It might warn me that my computer is infected (really 
> just
> bullshit), and perversely clicking anything will install some adware.  The
> only way to defeat it is force quit Safari and start over.
>
> A new malware
> attack is the extortion popup.  This warns me that something bad will 
> happen
> unless I send money.  Actually the malware is the extortion demand itself.
> Nothing really has been done to the computer, so simply force quitting 
> Safari
> defeats it.
>
> The way to avoid an email virus is what you already know ?
> don?t open anything from someone you were not expecting.  You can run it
> through ClamXav if you want to be super careful.
>
>
>
>
>
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In reply to: Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] OT: Anti-Virus Software for Mac)