[sdiy] Re: OT: important PC spying / hacking

[Paul Higgins]

I don't think the Macintosh platform is nearly as susceptible to this 
kind of thing as the Windows world--that is, if you're using OS X, and 
not an earlier OS like 9.x.  For the same reason, other Unix-based OSes 
such as Linux and FreeBSD should have better immunity.

I've only had one virus warning this year, and Norton nuked it before 
it even got in the door.  That said, I still run Norton all the time 
and keep my virus defs updated.

-PRH

On Monday, April 26, 2004, at 12:52 PM, David J. Hughes wrote:

> Paul/All,
>
> on 26/4/04 3:41 PM, synth1 at airmail.net at synth1 at airmail.net wrote:
>
>> Everybody: it is *essential* that you run Ad Aware (free 'cleaning
>> software) every week. This great little program wipes all this crap 
>> off
>> the drive. You will be AMAZED the first time you run it to see all the
>> 'spyware' software you have. 900 (yes, 900) lurking files/cookies is 
>> not
>> uncommon!
>
> Anyone know of a similar package for the Macintosh platform?
>
> A quick google didn't turn up anything useful.
>
> Thanks
>     David


Paul Higgins
email: higg0008 at tc.umn.edu