security
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.
Fun with Windows Live
You can have some fun with Microsoft's live.com which just went live.
Click here to see a fun message. In case you don't see anything fun because they fix it already, here's
the screen capture
The trick is found at digg.com.
I am amused by the use of this kind of trick to display an error message at live.com, which is supposed to provide web 2.0 services to combat Google. Isn't that Microsoft has been emphasizing on security for a long...long time? It seems Windows Live just made phishers' life easier.
