[G4] Virus and Spy Ware detectors

[Harry Freeman]

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On Jun 22, 2005, at 3:44 AM, Peter wrote:

> At 06:15 -0400 22/6/05, Tim Collier wrote:
>> My opinion only.....   If you're just a regular end user like most of 
>> us, there is no need for any of this stuff.  At least so far. What 
>> the future holds is yet to be determined.  If you use .Mac, you can 
>> download Virex for free (not exactly free as you pay for .Mac), but 
>> you might also want to just turn on the firewall.  10.4 has a neat 
>> little addition to the firewall.....it's called 'stealth mode'. How 
>> good it is, I can't say.
>> But I can say this, I've been a Mac user for 5 years now and use the 
>> net quite a bit and do quite a few online transactions.  Never had a 
>> problem.
>>
>> Tim
>> On Jun 21, 2005, at 2:21 PM, rich northouse wrote:
>>
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>>>
>>>> _Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>
>>> Calling on the group's wisdom again -- What is the best Virus and 
>>> Spy Ware detector for a Mac?  Any good free stuff?
>>>
>>> Rich
>
> You may wish to consider "Little Snitch"... 
> <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10426>
> _______________________________________________

"Little Snitch" is a great application, however it isn't a Virus or Spy 
Ware detector. It's main function is to watch you TCP I/O ports and 
report when an application is trying communicate with your OS. So if 
you get a "Virus or Spy Ware" in your system it will let you know if it 
is trying to send data out onto the network.

It also reports if someone is trying to "Hack" into your OS.

 
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