Why do I need this? Spyware, viruses, and trojan horses don't exist for the Mac, what a waste of money for a system that doesn't have any real security threats.

The scan idea sounds good.

I am bit concerned that the mailing address for MacScan is a mail-box service sharing the same box with "hacksticker", selling keylogging hardware, and a 'lockpicking' instructional firm.

Trojans buried in software could be nasty.

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Why do I need this? Spyware, viruses, and trojan horses don't exist for the Mac, what a waste of money for a system that doesn't have any real security threats.

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only120xs wrote:

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Why do I need this? Spyware, viruses, and trojan horses don't exist for the Mac, what a waste of money for a system that doesn't have any real security threats.

Trojans do exist on the Mac, I just removed a unix trojan the other day from my machine.

You're almost correct, I think. There are probably no viruses or trojans, in the wild. But to assume that there are absolutely none is risky.

I have been running Clamxav (which is free) on my Macs for the last six months, with daily automatic updates, and haven't found anything. I'm reasonably, but not absolutely, careful about where I travel on the interweb thingy.

As for Only120xs's statement on having found a Unix trojan, (s)he'll have to expand on that before I start shaking in my boots: identification, severity, how it can be removed, that sort of thing.

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LaurieF wrote:
You're almost correct, I think. There are probably no viruses or trojans, in the wild. But to assume that there are absolutely none is risky.

I have been running Clamxav (which is free) on my Macs for the last six months, with daily automatic updates, and haven't found anything. I'm reasonably, but not absolutely, careful about where I travel on the interweb thingy.

As for Only120xs's statement on having found a Unix trojan, (s)he'll have to expand on that before I start shaking in my boots: identification, severity, how it can be removed, that sort of thing.

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LaurieF wrote:
You're almost correct, I think. There are probably no viruses or trojans, in the wild. But to assume that there are absolutely none is risky.

I have been running Clamxav (which is free) on my Macs for the last six months, with daily automatic updates, and haven't found anything. I'm reasonably, but not absolutely, careful about where I travel on the interweb thingy.

As for Only120xs's statement on having found a Unix trojan, (s)he'll have to expand on that before I start shaking in my boots: identification, severity, how it can be removed, that sort of thing.