OT-Any new Mac viruses out there?

	OT-Any new Mac viruses out there? by Tom Matthies on Mar 27, 2007 at 8:17:49 pm Our IT guy asked me today if I had about any new Mac viruses lately. I told him that I haven't heard of anything new offhand. He replied that he had "heard" that there we a lot of them popping lately and was concerned about not having virus protection on the Macs. Bad,bad,bad! We must have it! Bad Mac-boy! Anyhow, he doesn't recall just where he'd "heard" this, but it must be true afterall? Anyone have any news on the subject? Just wondering if it may be possible or whether it's just more PC Paranoia in action. Tom Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: OT-Any new Mac viruses out there? by Jeff Carpenter on Mar 27, 2007 at 8:40:33 pm Nope, nothing new. And anything out there that's "old" are thing that you'd have to download and run. Nothing that could catch you by surprise, in other words. Here's 4 steps to take: 1) Download wisely. Don't run mystery programs from untrusted sites. 2) Turn on your Firewall in System Preferences 3) Find the advanced section of the firewall that enables "Stealth Mode" and turn it on 4) Go into Safari preferences and turn OFF the feature that runs downloaded programs automatically That's pretty much it. You should be perfecly fine if you follow those 4 rules. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: #5 by Jeff Carpenter on Mar 27, 2007 at 8:43:10 pm Well, I thought this one goes without saying, but I figured I'd better say it, just in case: 5) Set Apple's online updater to run once a week and install any security updates that it finds each week. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: OT-Any new Mac viruses out there? by John Davidson (fomerly JNeo25) on Mar 27, 2007 at 9:38:13 pm IT guys in a mac world are like Maytag repairmen in those old commercials. Bored. Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: OT-Any new Mac viruses out there? by Tom Matthies on Mar 27, 2007 at 9:39:08 pm Yep, they are a paranoid bunch. No doubt about it. All of them Mac haters. Tom Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index

	Re: OT-Any new Mac viruses out there? by JeremyG on Mar 27, 2007 at 11:54:13 pm [Tom Matthies] "All of them Mac haters." Any guesses on who writes the first Mac virus? Respond to this post   •   Return to posts index