Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >