Good morning, is a program like this free? Would Klamxav, In effect, achieve the same thing?
Sent from my iPhone On Mar 2, 2013, at 4:54 AM, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Hi all > > Recently, there has been a bit of discussion on list regarding viruses and > other nasties which can impact upon the Mac platform. I'm not going to be > one of those who like to start and spread rumours predicting doom and gloom, > don't worry. However, with the rapid growth we are seeing on both the end > user and commercial platforms in Apple's popularity over the last couple of > years, I think it prudent to start taking a little care. This isn't about > viruses, it is about Internet-born threats, such as tracking cookies and > other malware which, despite the insistence of some long-term Mac users who > like to think themselves immune, (present company excluded), do exist and, > therefore, pose a significant threat to each and every one of us. Indeed, > Google, the preferred search engine of many, is also guilty of spreading its > own tracking cookies. They are not necessarily malicious in nature. > However, they are tracking your each and every move and, therefore, > constitute an invasi on > of privacy and a threat to our mutual security. > > As with OS X, (the new name, incidentally, for Mac OS X), as the popularity > of iOS and other platforms grows on the mobile devices which are the future > of Internet browsing, it won't be long I think before we are seeing the same > kind of problems there too. Vigilance, therefore, would seem to be the > watch-word we should all live by. I am not suggesting that everybody should > start panicking about this. Nor am I suggesting that we should all start > spending hundreds each year to maintain software whose functionality is > sometimes not necessary. This, we know, happens under other platforms where > developers have taken advantage of user paranoia in order to line their own > pockets. Nom, all I am advocating here is vigilance, constant and low level > vigilance, which could be done relatively cheaply and without fuss. > > Below, therefore, is a very small piece of text which I received in a routine > post from a company whose product I do use. It's so small that I opted to > post it here and allow members to use their own discretion as to whether or > not they take action. If, as I am sure some will, you believe that I am > talking from my sit-upon here, feel free to delete this message and think no > more of it. At least you have that option. > > <SNIP> > > Over the past few months there has been a huge increase in threats against > the Mac platform, affecting every day users all the way up to fortune 500 > corporations. MacScan's definitions have been updated, protecting against the > latest threats, while offering privacy protection in detecting over 10,000 > blacklisted tracking cookies. > > If you haven't done so in a while, think about taking the time to run MacScan > today and download the latest definitions. > 1. Download MacScan > (http://macscan.securemac.com/?utm_source=MacScan+Customer+%28Primary+list%29&utm_campaign=812efbf97d-MacScan_Update_Definitions_Schedule_Run2_28_2013&utm_medium=email) > > (http://macscan.securemac.com/?utm_source=MacScan+Customer+%28Primary+list%29&utm_campaign=812efbf97d-MacScan_Update_Definitions_Schedule_Run2_28_2013&utm_medium=email) > 2. Install MacScan > 3. Check for Updates > + Click the MacScan Menu > + Select Check for Updates > 4. Run a Scan > 5. Schedule MacScan to run automatically > > MacScan Tip > > Wouldn't it be nice if your car could automatically change its own oil? Well > MacScan has a feature that allows you to set a time and day for it to run > automatically. Launch MacScan and click the 'Scheduler' icon in the top right > of the interface. We suggest scheduling it to run when you're asleep so it > doesn't get in the way of your daily tasks. > > http://macscan.securemac.com/buy/?utm_source=MacScan+Customer+%28Primary+list%29&utm_campaign=812efbf97d-MacScan_Update_Definitions_Schedule_Run2_28_2013&utm_medium=email > > http://macscan.securemac.com/upgrade/?utm_source=MacScan+Customer+%28Primary+list%29&utm_campaign=812efbf97d-MacScan_Update_Definitions_Schedule_Run2_28_2013&utm_medium=email > > </snip> > > Again, vigilance is something which I advocate, not, as some do, paranoia. > > <--- Gordon Smith ---> > > E-Mail: > <gor...@mac-access.net> > > Telephone: > > United Kingdom: Free Phone: > 0800 8620538 > > Europe and other non-specified: > +44 1642 688095 > > United States Of America And Canada: > +1 646 9151493 > > Australia: > +61 38 8205930 > Or: > +61 39 0284505 > > Fax: > +44 1642 365123 > > Follow Us On Twitter: > <http://twitter.com/maciosaccess> > > Skype: > <callto:mac-access-dot-net> > > ------------------------------ > > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. 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