[LMB] OT: HELP! Looking for spyware-scrubbers, virusbusters, and firewalls for Macs

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 20:51:01 -0700 (PDT), Raye Johnsen <raye_j at yahoo.com>
wrote:

 > To all Mac users on the list: HELP!  I need to find
 > free versions of the following programs that can be
 > used on a Mac: at least one spyware scrubber,
 > virusbuster and firewall.
I don't run a Mac, but my wife dies ... which OS is on your machine? The 
version of OS X on Sandie's eMac includes a firewall.

If you're running OS X, which based on a BSD variant, I don't think 
you'll need to worry about anything getting installed on the machine 
without your knowledge ... you're running as a user, and not with root 
privileges, unless you sign in as root to install something or tweak the 
settings.

Here's a link to the sort of thing you need to know for OS X security: 
http://www.free-firewall.org/mac-download.asp
And here's another: http://www.unwantedlinks.com/macsupport.htm

Happy surfing!
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