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    Mac Security

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by gms238, Jun 8, 2007.

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    gms238 Notebook Consultant

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    gms238, Jun 8, 2007
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    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Stories like this have been coming out for years; not really anything all that new, and eWeek is trying to make it sound like a bigger deal than it actually is.

    -Zadillo
     
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Alert me when exploit is actually in the wild. Not a vulnerability, but somebody actually taking advantage of it. I know Mac users get too comfortable, but if you take simple precautions like turning the firewall on and using common sense, there is nothing to worry about. BTW, that is also tru of Windows after XP SP2. Notice the difference once the firewall was on by default? Not many worms since then.
     
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    jessiemz Newbie

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    I started online classes and have been spending a lot more time on the internet and now have a virus. I found out by trying to send a word document with gmail and it telling me that my document had a virus. I sent the document with my excite address and was able to get it out, have a friend clean it, and send it back ... then it was fine but when I edited the document and sent it out again, it had the virus all over again.

    I've been looking for a program to get rid of it and bought Norton Internet Security but as this is a preventative, it only protects me from anything new from coming in. I was just talking with tech support for Norton via the symantec site and am told that the ONLY way to get rid of whatever virus I have is to pay their people $99.95 to have them remotely remove it. PLEASE tell me this is not my ONLY option.
     
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