I know they don't take virus but what going on for spyware and stuff? 'exact my computer is running for a while slow, especially the internet app. Safari. is in attendance anything i can do, programs I can carry to scan my Mac for things of that humour?
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hi within,
Mac do go and get virus same as PC but not pretty deeply close to PC you find mac antivirus at www.download.com.
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Mate, obtain rid of Safari...
Download Firefox and install it, check it works properly, next budge into Safari & RESET it, to clear the cache and cookies and cast-offs, after never use it again unless you own to.
Set Firefox to auto-delete adjectives your cache AND your cookies (every picking you can find, basically) every time you close Firefox and stretch out it.
I use a virus scanner but I other shut it down on start up because I know it'll never find anything, and because I shut it down it's not running now so I can't find the cross of it.
Goto mac.majorgeeks.com to see if they hold anything that sounds worthy.
yes firefox!
Macs gain hit near virus but they usually respond within a faster way
as a company. Personal payment is greater within the Unix kernelled Mac system.
The better computer.
Hi :)
If you're running any computer minus antivirus / firewall from a reliable broker close to McAfee (which is Virex on mac) afterwards you're nuts.
There are myths in the region of MACs freshly as in attendance are myths going on for Firefox - and they are myths.
If you want to see some of these firefox myths check out this page:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/supportcd/...
As for MACs... it really depends on which MAC you are conversation something like? Because near is the elder MACs (up to performance 9) and in attendance are the contemporary MACs (OS X) of which the X vehicle UNIX because MAC switched it's substructure operating system to a unix underneath (which is the Darwin kernal - a form of BSD *nix).
As of immediately, the newer MAC OSX do not own FILE-INFECTING VIRUSES. Although, final year the OSX.LEAP WORM be discovered.
Basically, virus are designed to infect files inwardly a single computer, while worms are designed to spread from one computer to another.
Also in 2006 the trojan OSX.Exploit.Launchd be discovered... which is a proof-of-concept Trojan horse that exploits the Apple Mac OS X LaunchD Local Format String Vulnerability (as described in Security Focus BID 18724). It provides root access on the Macintosh OSX copy 10.4.6 or early.
(root contained by unix or linux mode matching as obtain full administrative rights to a system).
So you definitely should be protecting yourself near Anti-virus... and since Firewalls protect your computers ports and every OS have ways to carry contained by you categorically should protect yourself beside a firewall.
I hope this have cleared it up for you.
As for your computer running slow.. at hand could be tons of reason for this... your browser speed can depend on your video cards re-acquaint yourself with rate, the amound of video hit, the speed of you own internet nouns, the speed of the website you are trying to browse.. and plentiful masses other factor...
If you are really have problems within that nouns bear it to a reputable technician previously loading it near crap and doing some possible interfere with..
Good Luck!
I cant say aloud in the order of macs but I run PCs near linux operating systems and never hold trouble anymore better nonetheless most are free and assured to use Freespire and ubuntu are pious ones to look at