• rwwt
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Topic: Snow Leopard and security issues

The site  http://www.securemac.com/ , which is devoted to serious consideration of security issues (malware, etc.) affecting the Mac,  claims that the new security feature built into Snow Leopard by Apple, called XProtect, "is limited in scope and misses the vast majority of malware for Mac OS X".

Unless the individuals running this site are to be written off as paranoid, it seems that it is about time for the average Mac user to finally start taking the issue  of viruses, spyware, etc. seriously.

Comments?

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  • noir
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Re: Snow Leopard and security issues

I hope they're just paranoid but I can't dismiss them without knowing who they are. It's hard for me to believe Apple would be so sloppy they would miss major security issues.
I would like comments from people who know more about this than I do.

  • rwwt
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Re: Snow Leopard and security issues

The individuals who set up this site are very clear about who they are. See http://www.securemac.com/who.php

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Re: Snow Leopard and security issues

One thing to be aware of is that the vast majority of the programs that SecureMac lists are legitimate programs running as intended.   The KeyLogger apps are designed to watch what you type and recreate it if you lose your file.  LittleSnitch is designed to tell you when a program is accessing the internet, possible without your knowledge.  Several of them are used by employers to make sure employees are working and not goofing off on company time.  The RemoteAdmin programs are used to access your computer remotely.  ScreenSharing and BackToMyMac are also examples that are included in the OS.

The issue is that the bad guys are using the same types of programs that the good guys use.
Which makes it tricky for a regular user to know the difference.

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Re: Snow Leopard and security issues

rwwt wrote:

The individuals who set up this site are very clear about who they are. See http://www.securemac.com/who.php

hi,me Anna,m new here and was searching the tab button "ABOUT " in this site where i can get know about the staff who build up this site which works alot for the development of IT.well i really cannot find out that button but i found this thread which really helps me to know about all of them who are behind the scene.thank you for posting it here..if you have more then please post them also.

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Re: Snow Leopard and security issues

Welcome Anna,

You can click the CIDER Home link at the top, then click the About CIDER link on the right.

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