Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/06/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See > http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more > information > _______________________________________________ Leica Users > Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/