Hi, I actually have set that setting. Not really because I'm concerned about malware or other risks, but just because I don't want them to open. That doesn't mean that I'm not cautious, though. :)
I know Mac OS X scans for malware at least, at least the types that it knows of. However, I've never had anything dangerous on my system according to Mac OS X itself, so I'm assuming it'll probably let me know. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk AIM: cincinster yahoo Messenger: cin368 Facebook Profile My Twitter On Apr 24, 2010, at 9:01 PM, John J Herzog wrote: > Guys, > One of the tips in the malware article is to protect yourself by preventing > safari from opening safe files after download. This setting can be changed in > Safari's preferences. Basically, it means that disk images are not > automatically mounted, zip files are not unzipped, etc. This makes sure that > nothing is done with the file until you physically click on it in your > downloads folder. > If you are really paranoid about security, perhaps this may be worth looking > into. > John > > On Apr 24, 2010, at 2:52 PM, marie Howarth wrote: > >> lol, I still got viruses with antivirus on windows. But I see what you're >> saying. I guess eventually either apple will help protect us from viruses or >> we'll have to invest in a third party app. I just hope no viruses or malwear >> get me. lol >> >> On 24 Apr 2010, at 19:23, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> PSH. Articles. They say it's not there. But really, let's see when Macs get >>> viruses. And if you're attacked and your Mac does not defend itself, you >>> lose the battle. And you have to invest in software. >>> >>> Actually, it's malware protection Mac has. Not antivirus. When downloading >>> files, Mac OS X 10.6 automatically scans the file in the background for >>> malware and potential risks. This, of course, does not fall well with the >>> latest "get a Mac" ads. They continue to bash PCs for being highly >>> unreliable, unstable and prone to virus infections of any kind. The ads >>> seem to indicate that Macs are entirely invulnerable, which is not true >>> with any operating system regardless of what you are running. >>> >>> Of course, in order to get a larger market share, Apple has to embellish >>> that part a little bit to make it more appealing. It's partially true, but, >>> as is always the case, if Apple went ahead and said "Oh yeah, and you >>> hardly get any viruses!" people would be saying something like "Well, I >>> have antivirus on Windows." Of course, then you could start arguing >>> stability and such, but each to their own! >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nic >>> Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com >>> Skype: Kvalme >>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>> AIM: cincinster >>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>> Facebook Profile >>> My Twitter >>> >>> On Apr 24, 2010, at 7:33 PM, tim wrote: >>> >>>> Nice, but it also stated that you have to say yes to the install. Unlike >>>> windows 7, it will install without say a thing unless you have active x >>>> turned off. Then using the browser becomes a pain to use. >>>> Also saw the article on snow having builtin virus, and we all see it still >>>> don't have virus protection. >>>> On Apr 20, 2010, at 6:37 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >>>> >>>>> thought you guys maybe interested in this article. >>>>> http://technology.globalthoughtz.com/index.php/a-potential-backdoor-malware-for-mac-identified007/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+globalthoughtzHome+(Global+Thoughtz) >>>>> >>>>> On 20 Apr 2010, at 22:27, James & Nash wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Nothing - even UNIX is invulnerable. and as Chris has said, the web is >>>>>> the big and future target. Perhaps the most dangerous >>>>>> application/opening on a computer is the system's web browser. >>>>>> >>>>>> TC >>>>>> James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny >>>>>> On 20 Apr 2010, at 22:02, Chris Blouch wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> OSX being Unix doesn't make it impervious, as recent security updates >>>>>>> from Apple attest to, but it does make it harder. Throw in the small >>>>>>> market share and most malware developers will move on to easier/broader >>>>>>> targets (Windows). That said, an even bigger target is the web which, >>>>>>> by design, is cross platform. So if you're one of those deviant types >>>>>>> interested in trying to break into a system, your time might be better >>>>>>> spent doing cross site scripting or Acrobat exploits than OS-specific >>>>>>> hackery. It also happens that people like to type in credit card >>>>>>> numbers and shop over the web, which doesn't happen much in desktop >>>>>>> apps or the OS. So this makes the web a juicy target for those of >>>>>>> nefarious intents. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> CB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Ben Mustill-Rose wrote: >>>>>>>> No, the real reason why it's hard is because osx = unix. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Did the tweet include a link? It might be helpfull to include this so >>>>>>>> that we can see what the tweeter was going on about. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 19/04/2010, Joe Plummer >>>>>>>> <joeplum...@tds.net> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> That is not the reason for it being hard to get a virus on a Mac. The >>>>>>>>> new OS >>>>>>>>> of windows does the same thing. The reason it is hard to get this >>>>>>>>> stuff on a >>>>>>>>> Mac is that for now there is no one writing the stuff for the Mac. >>>>>>>>> Because >>>>>>>>> it is not a big enough market. Now it becoming more and more popular >>>>>>>>> this >>>>>>>>> might change. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sign, >>>>>>>>> Joe Plummer ( JP ) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> joeplum...@tds.net >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>>> From: >>>>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> [ >>>>>>>>> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> ] On Behalf Of tim >>>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:45 PM >>>>>>>>> To: >>>>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: malwear and macs >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I would't worry about it to much, because the mac will ask you if you >>>>>>>>> want >>>>>>>>> to install and tell you what is installing. >>>>>>>>> That is why it is hard to get a virus on a mac now. >>>>>>>>> On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:34 PM, marie Howarth wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> someone just retweeted something about malwear now being able to >>>>>>>>>> take over >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> macs. If this is true, how does everyone think we should protect our >>>>>>>>> macs? I >>>>>>>>> know norton and such programmes are available, but I hated them when >>>>>>>>> I was >>>>>>>>> on the windows side. One of the reasons I came to the mac was because >>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> lack of viruses. Do those of you among us with more knowledge than I >>>>>>>>> possess >>>>>>>>> on this matter think this is a real threat and what would you do >>>>>>>>> about it? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I'm a pretty frightful mac user right now. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>>> Groups >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups >>>>>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups >>>>>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >>>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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