Free Security Software for Mac OS X Leopard: ClamxAV Anti-virus, NoobProof Firewall
I've been used to running Anti-spyware, Anti-virus, Firewall Programs on Windows. Mac is "supposed" to be more secure, but I always want to be safe than sorry. Mac is getting popular, so it will become a popular target for virus and spyware writers. Also, Leopard's built-in firewall, which is not activated by default, sucks.
so I did some research, and started using the following free programs for Max OS X Leopard:
- ClamxAV Open Source anti-virus - The version on Mac doesn't let me scan my disk in one click cause it said it'd cause problems. I had to select folders to scan instead. Also, I needed to set up the preferences to monitor scan with progress bar, scan email files, alert on virus detection, and the schedule to do daily virus definition update and scan. These things should have been set up as default.
- NoobProof Firewall - this firewall lets me have fine-grained control on which program can accept connections from the internet. I always like the whitelist approach to give access to programs that I trust. hanynet.com, the developer of NoobProof, also has another firewall program WaterProof that is for advanced users.
I was going to try SysTrace which is a advanced application access control program. But I saw that the latest version was released in 2002. I guess it's very out of date.
On the other hand, I haven't found a free anti-spyware program yet. So I am just sticking with Firefox and No-Script extension for very basic protection.
My question to you: are you using any security software on Mac?
