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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 10, 2010 11:28:12 GMT
Well nothing yet, but surely at some point we will start to see a virus aimed at the mac. Well maybe, though you would have thought that at least one would have come out in the last nine years. If one does come out I am hoping that someone will tell Apple and that they bring out a security fix that does not endanger the OS. This is more than I trust the PC centric AV companies to do. As far as I can see the only reason AV companies exist is because of their extensive libraries of viruses. The better their library the better the protection. Now I now that Apple may not be perfect but I expect them to be able to keep a library of the known Mac viruses without too much hassle.
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Post by peter on Jan 15, 2010 12:53:15 GMT
Clam X av
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Post by idan on Jan 15, 2010 15:54:40 GMT
Another Clam fan
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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 15, 2010 17:07:10 GMT
What does Clam AV do that makes it so cool?
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Post by idan on Jan 15, 2010 17:12:35 GMT
its free and it is made from Kitten's love.
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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 15, 2010 17:27:46 GMT
its free and it is made from Kitten's love. Ooh I like free, and kittens love is soooo sweet. However I still don't know what it actually does.
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Post by HeatherKay on Jan 17, 2010 9:11:38 GMT
[Well nothing yet, but surely at some point we will start to see a virus aimed at the mac. Um, OS X has been wild since 2001. No sign of anything tangible yet. Plenty of "proof of concepts" and plenty of stuff that affects Java and Flash, but nothing that actually is a proper bona fide virus or trojan for OS X. UNIX, y'see. The interweb is built on UNIX and Linux. It is supposed to be nuclear war proof.
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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 17, 2010 10:40:24 GMT
No sign of anything tangible yet. This is my point of course. As there are no viruses what is it that Clam AV actually doing that makes it popular?
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Post by idan on Jan 18, 2010 12:59:24 GMT
It's protection. People like protection.
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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 18, 2010 13:27:28 GMT
It's protection. People like protection. They do, I do. But what is it protecting us from? On the PC AV products did not come out until the world was awash with so many viruses that MS could not keep on top of them all. I don't see a parallel in this case.
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Post by HeatherKay on Jan 18, 2010 13:30:07 GMT
Not if the protection slows their machine to a crawl.
I fully accept that protection is required if you routinely handle files from the Windows World and pass them on to other Windows users. That's just common sense, and being a good citizen. However, folk like me who receive such files which go no further, or who generate such files to be passed on from a clean system, AV is a waste of clock cycles and hard drive space.
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Post by idan on Jan 18, 2010 13:55:20 GMT
I never said it was needed, just that its something people feel happier having.
Think of it like a digital airbag, we hope that we never have to use it but its nice to know its there. In the days of massive hard drives its no that much of an issue for it just to be there.
Clam AV is tiny, you wouldn't even know its there, so for most people its the perfect Mac AV. It will pick up the odd macro virus or java exploit so even for that it is my book worth it.
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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 18, 2010 15:10:51 GMT
I never said it was needed, just that its something people feel happier having. Ah, I get it. It is like digging a tiger trap in your garden. Maybe one day that big hole I have dug in my garden will catch a tiger and then all that effort will be worthwhile. ;D
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Post by idan on Jan 18, 2010 15:30:07 GMT
Its more like having locks on your doors in a good neighbour hood. No one has ever been broken into, no one expects to be broken into everyone targets the bigger city down the road so why have locks if its just going to be hassle unlocking the door and remembering your keys.
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Post by Forum Cat on Jan 18, 2010 17:54:45 GMT
Its more like having locks on your doors in a good neighbour hood. No one has ever been broken into, no one expects to be broken into everyone targets the bigger city down the road so why have locks if its just going to be hassle unlocking the door and remembering your keys. I don't buy the immunity by obscurity rhetoric. People do break into houses in nice neighbourhoods because security is more lax there. The easily picked low lying fruit is the first to be taken.
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