Re: Anti-Virus on Mac

Bond:

Assuming this is on your home computer, as a staff member you can
download and use the NAV on software.berkeley.edu. Install, then do
a full scan. You've complied! at least for viruses. I'm not sure
I've seen anything for spyware on a Mac...
(Oh, I see this on unwantedlinks.com : MacScan claims that it can
detect, isolate and remove spyware, keystroke loggers and trojans
from your Macintosh which could have been maliciously or
inadvertently installed on your Macintosh. It supports both Mac
Classic & Mac OSX. On our tests our Mac computer came up clean. For
more information see http://macscan.securemac.com/)

michael

At 1:54 PM -0700 9/6/06, E. Bond Francisco wrote:
>Hello Magnetters,
>
>I've got a question for you all. One of my beloved family members
>has fallen victim to a Phishing expedition, and given away some very
>basic information that most of us know not to divulge. So we've
>taken care of this as best we can, filed all the fraud reports, etc.
>etc. But one of the "requirements" the bank gave us to reinstate our
>online banking was to verify that we had scanned our computer for
>viruses and spyware. Yes, I told them we used a Macintosh. Didn't
>matter. I called Apple for information about Virus scanning. Virex
>doesn't work with OS 10.4.x. And they didn't really have anything to
>recommend, other than to say that, of course, it's a Macintosh.
>Don't worry.
>
>I've heard bad things about norton in general, but maybe that
>doesn't apply to NAV? I eventually ran a demo program called
>MacScan, which showed no spyware. But what's the currently accepted
>software for protecting against spyware and viruses on the Mac.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bond
>-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
>E. Bond Francisco
>Principal Analyst
>UCB, Physical Plant
>510-643-5523
>

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Michael Rimar
Administrative Director
Center for Integrative Genomics
University of California, Berkeley
MCB 142 LSA #3200
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200
510-642-7327
510-643-5785 Fax
http://cigbrowser.berkeley.edu
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