[macvoiceover] Re: mal ware
- From: Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 11:36:32 -0600
I wonder if there is an actual crown prince of Nigeria out there wondering,
"why doesn't anyone reply to my emails?" Would make a great Saturday Night Live
sketch if it hasn't already been done.
Back to the idea of protection, in the Windows world the interfaces for the
varous ati-virus programs were often troubling. Anyone know about the VoiceOver
accessibility of the offerings for the Mac?
Ian
On 2012-04-26, at 10:33 AM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
> Ha Ha I love that! Yes that is my point exactly. How can you have a great
> uncle from Nigeria and I have one who is leaving me his money when I know my
> great uncle and he has never been out of Phx Az? Oh maybe it was my brotha
> from another motha who had a son and he married into the royal family and
> remembered me... But then what does that do for you? The mystery remains...
> THats great man!!!
> On Apr 26, 2012, at 9:30 AM, Ian Edwards wrote:
>
>> Brian, if you can't trust the exiled crown prince of Nigeria to take care of
>> your money, who can you trust?
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> On 2012-04-26, at 10:22 AM, Bryan Duarte wrote:
>>
>>> I would further advise that if you have a home net work that you be sure to
>>> protect that network to the best of your ability as well. The Mac is not a
>>> Windows machine. The OS is very different. creating viruses, catching
>>> viruses, and removing them is very different. If you are concerned with
>>> your safty try the following.
>>>
>>> 1. Set your user acount to guest not admin. Only an admin can install
>>> things therefore it will cut down on a virus being installed accidentally.
>>> 2. only visit web sites you are confident in.
>>> 3. Do not mess with emails when you do not know who the sender is.
>>> 4. if you leave your computer on and awake while not on it, make sure to
>>> close your web browser before walking away.
>>>
>>> Oh and if this gets hard just remember no one is ever going to give you
>>> 100,000 or 1 million dollars! This is a direct tip that maybe it is not a
>>> safe email... ..
>>> On Apr 26, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yup,
>>>>
>>>> But, there is no such thing as too much protection either. there are some
>>>> free anti virus software available via the Mac app store. As the Mac
>>>> platform gains market share, you are going to see a steady increase in
>>>> malicious attacks.
>>>>
>>>> Ricardo Walker
>>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 26, 2012, at 11:46 AM, Bryan Duarte <bryan0731@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The best thing for your Mac is to stay up to date with EVERY update they
>>>>> release. If you do this it will greatly help with any risk.
>>>>> On Apr 26, 2012, at 8:43 AM, Don wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been hearing on tv that a Mac can and does get mal ware. They
>>>>>> advise that you run an anti virus and mal ware software. If this is true
>>>>>> what do you suggest. According to Apple they say one is not necessary,
>>>>>> so whats the deal? Thanks Don
>>>>>
>>>>
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