GetNetWise » malware http://www.getnetwise.org/blog GetNetWise.org Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:50:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Free Mac Antivirus Software – Take Precautions http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/2012/04/12/free-mac-antivirus-software-take-precautions/ http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/2012/04/12/free-mac-antivirus-software-take-precautions/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:11:36 +0000 GetNetWise http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/?p=143 I have been using long before it became popular. That lack of popularity meant that virus author saw little value in writing for the Mac platform. Once, several years ago during the spyware epidemic, a work colleague of mine mentioned that he was switching to the Mac platform because he was sick of viruses and spyware. At that moment I knew it wouldn’t be long before Mac were a target of malware authors.

Now that the market share for Macs has risen the platform is more likely to be under attack — which was foreseeable. Don’t forget to take precautions and install antivirus software. The security firm Sophos provides free Mac antivirus software.

]]> http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/2012/04/12/free-mac-antivirus-software-take-precautions/feed/ 0 Comcast Battles Malware Bots http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/2010/10/01/comcast-battles-malware-bots/ http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/2010/10/01/comcast-battles-malware-bots/#comments Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:01:21 +0000 GetNetWise http://www.getnetwise.org/blog/?p=78 Malware bots are the biggest computer cyber security threat to Internet users. To kick off Cyber Security Month Comcast has launched for its high speed broadband users Constant Guard to help clean up the bots. The New York Times blog has a good description of the service. Bots are becoming increasingly malicious and many traditional anti virus tools have trouble identifying them. Congratulations to Comcast for using its resources to help its customers stay free of infections.

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