Just for the heck of it, after reading the intial article, I launched Norton Anti-Virus for Mac and let it scan my most important volumes. As usual, nothing to report. I hadn't run Norton in at least a year - there's no reason to. I'm wondering why I bother to keep it on my drive any more.
The only way the spyware/adware/virus/trojan problems are going to be solved on the PC side is to ditch Windows and go to an entirely new operating system. I doubt there will be any other workable solution. As soon as one "opening" is closed, another seems to be opened and exploited by those who do such things. I can't understand why Microsoft engineered its operating and application software to have so many hidden - and intentional - security holes.
On the other hand, I _do_ understand that many businesses are - for now - locked into the Windows World. But that could change. Of course, they probably won't "go Mac", and I don't expect that; it will be some other OS. But what?
Nevertheless, regardless of what you're using at work, if you're tired of fighting the spyware and adware at home, and want to GET RID those hassles, you might consider checking out the Mac side of things!
Cheers!
- John
>>Then again, you could get a Macintosh, and forego worrying about...
- Spyware - there _isn't_ any
- Adware - none at all!
- Viruses - no known virus exists for OS X, not a single one
- Trojans - nothing out there
There's no reason to even use anti-virus software on a Macintosh anymore.<<
This link:
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39164062,00.htm
says differently.