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To be fair, I probably shouldn't have tossed in any reference to "get a Mac" as people get what their budget allows and what they're comfy with. I did encourage my dad (69 years old) to switch to Mac and he's been happy ever since. He's a jack of all trades and used to rebuild his Windows machine at least 3 times a year due to some virus-related or performance-related issue. He has to find other things to tinker on now because he no longer has those troubles, LoL.

These Mac vs. PC arguments can go on forever... {gotta remember, don't argue: politics, religion and MACs vs. PCs}
 
Quite frankly, I have to agree with Rob -- there is nothing special about OS X, that makes it impervious to malware of any type.

Hackers just don't care for it (much like most of the world)... ;)
It's not an intuitive OS, it was designed to change people -- not adapt to the way the majority of people have worked for thousands of years.

BTW, I could write an exploit for the Mac in 5 minutes -- but who would see it? Maybe the 7 people that actually use it on a day to day basis... :D
 
Gaffle said:
To be fair, I probably shouldn't have tossed in any reference to "get a Mac" as people get what their budget allows and what they're comfy with. I did encourage my dad (69 years old) to switch to Mac and he's been happy ever since. He's a jack of all trades and used to rebuild his Windows machine at least 3 times a year due to some virus-related or performance-related issue. He has to find other things to tinker on now because he no longer has those troubles, LoL.

These Mac vs. PC arguments can go on forever... {gotta remember, don't argue: politics, religion and MACs vs. PCs}
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LMAO...... Soooooooooooooooo true..... hahahaha makes me no nevermind... but, the constant I've got a Mac and can't get a virus bit... drives me bonkers because I know that Macs can and do get hit... just not as publicised because it's usually a limited attack... whereas an attack on a PC say by an email virus is more spectacular as far as the media is concerned because it tends to hit a lot larger group of people's PC's.... and that attention is what hackers crave other than attempting to get your personal information.
 
Well, this thread went to hell in a hurry. :D

I believe the original post was about getting nailed with a Trojan or virus.

Folks, I've been surfing the 'Net for many years and have only once been bitten by a Trojan. It came in an email. That was my own damn fault because the machine I had back then had no protection software at all. (Win 3.X didn't come with it.) I've never gotten a virus on any of my machines. Ever.

It's no secret. Get a real firewall utility ~ not that McAfee crap or free stuff ~ and set it to block popups and 3rd party chit. Make sure it updates when you start your machine. Let it run a scan every week. Use a router on your broadband connection to keep the pingers out. Don't click on advertising links just because they're there.

One may surf safely with these recommendations. Don't go out in the pouring rain without a raincoat. ;)
 
I'm in the same boat as Fred and unlike him I've never been bitten by a virus both in the US and Mexico. I'm careful where I go and what links I open. In emails if it's not somebody I know it gets dumped and I just don't open them. I only open emails I know where they are coming from and before they are opened they're scanned.

Keep the firewall up and the AV software up to date, and finally don't look at porn :D:D:D:D:D:D
 
OK, back on track now.....

A true virus infection is becoming rare and typically occurs on a seriously ignored system that is many months out of date with patches. Spyware on the other hand is prevalent in daily life and occurs much more often. Many Facebook "ads" are actaully spyware. Facebook will take an advertisement from anyone and they seem to ignore credibility checking when looking at ad revenue. Email smiley face apps, internet poker sites and song lyric websites are some of the other common sources of initial spyware infections. Yes, I just listed song lyric websites as a common spyware source! They have become so popular that they are now magnets for this crap.

Infections can occur from simply mousing over an item that pops up. The initial infection is typically a tiny little program that gets past many scanners. Once in place on a host PC it then masquerades as a valid part of the operating system and downloads the truly damaging payload from a website while appearing to be valid HTML traffic generated from the newly infected PC. This not only gets past the virus and spyware scanners, it also gets past many corporate firewalls! One of the best means for protection is a blacklisting type application such as SpyBot's host blocking feature. (This currently lists 11,806 sites!) Everyone should be running a personal firewall application which should trap this, however since ZoneAlarm was sucked into the corporate world there are very few useful firewall applications available to the typical home user. The user is typically unaware that the machine is infected and it could be months before you notice the machine is getting unusually slow or anti-virus software finally triggering by something with a known signature. At this point the PC is typically infected with multiple unique spyware apps and it is unlikely to be fully clean until it is completely wiped & reloaded.

Anyone that ever states that their machine is clean is a fool. Even mac users are not immune to this.


Scott
 
Scott thats why 99.99% of all ads on facebook I never see

actually I dont see any ads here either

if you go to this site (see below) and read (then download the host blocker)
you wont get any ads on your system what so ever (maybe .001%)

site:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

read this and think about it
What it does ...
The Hosts file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. This file is loaded into memory (cache) at startup, then Windows checks the Hosts file before it queries any DNS servers, which enables it to override addresses in the DNS. This prevents access to the listed sites by redirecting any connection attempts back to the local (your) machine. Another feature of the HOSTS file is its ability to block other applications from connecting to the Internet, providing the entry exists.

You can use a HOSTS file to block ads, banners, 3rd party Cookies, 3rd party page counters, web bugs, and even most hijackers. This is accomplished by blocking the connection(s) that supplies these little gems.

Example - the following entry 127.0.0.1 ad.doubleclick.net blocks all files supplied by that DoubleClick Server to the web page you are viewing. This also prevents the server from tracking your movements. Why? ... because in certain cases "Ad Servers" like Doubleclick (and many others) will try to open a separate connection on the webpage you are viewing.

For XP SP2 users you should see a Security Center prompt about allowing this connection. [screenshot]
Simply click No and continue. Yes the prompts can be annoying but at least you'll know, however you should not see these prompts if these entries are included in the HOSTS file.
Note: this prompt only occurs if (example) *.doubleclick.net is included in the "Restricted Zone".
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hope that helps you as it has me :)


oh by the way this is the frames/ADs that I see

This webpage is not available.

The webpage at http://ad.doubleclick.net/adi/pcw.b...s=336showcase;tile=2;sz=336x280;ord=54445020? might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.
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I actually have the hosts mapping on my linux server at work that does the proxy, so nobody in the building sees the ads.

They get a box that says the ad is removed instead of the ad itself.
 
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