Kaspersky anti-virus for Mac
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From: Peter James on 22 Apr 2010 10:40 My Bank is offering all of its on-line banking customers the Kaspersky anti-virus for Windows and Mac for free. Is this offer worth taking up? I'm running OS X 10.6.3. My inclination is to say no. The only problem is when and if my account is hacked I'm told I have no comeback because I'm not running anti-virus software. Peter -- He spoke with a certain what-is-it in his voice, and I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled. P.G. Wodehouse 1881 -1975
From: Gavin Lawrie on 22 Apr 2010 10:55 It probably won't do any harm, but probably won't do any good either. Not looked at the Kapersky mac software, but others I've seen basically scan your Mac for Windows viruses - presumably to stop you inadertently passing them on to other windows users. Your bank probably has to offer it to you so as to not appear to discriminate against mac users. You'll get a small performance hit on your mac. HTH On 2010-04-22 15:40:37 +0100, Peter James said: > My Bank is offering all of its on-line banking customers the Kaspersky > anti-virus for Windows and Mac for free. > Is this offer worth taking up? > I'm running OS X 10.6.3. My inclination is to say no. The only problem > is when and if my account is hacked I'm told I have no comeback because > I'm not running anti-virus software. > > Peter
From: Duncan Kennedy on 22 Apr 2010 11:44 Gavin Lawrie <gavin.lawrie(a)2gc.co.uk> wrote: > It probably won't do any harm, but probably won't do any good either. > Not looked at the Kapersky mac software, I've used Kaspersky ful jternet suite (including 2-way firewall) for many years on many Windows boxes. The company support is excellent. I use Wirus Barrier on my Macs - OK I *know but I don't want to be the first to be screwed by the first Mac virus in the wild and that is coming one day soon. >but others I've seen basically > scan your Mac for Windows viruses - presumably to stop you inadertently > passing them on to other windows users. Actually according to the blurb, most of these are for users of virtual Windows on Mac systems > > Your bank probably has to offer it to you so as to not appear to > discriminate against mac users. > As somebody else said, probably wise to keep the bank happy in case you do het hit - it can't be all that difficult to get access to a MacBook from another MacBook on wireless to have a look around for bank details. -- duncank
From: Woody on 22 Apr 2010 11:50 Duncan Kennedy <nospam(a)nospamottersonbg.couk> wrote: > Gavin Lawrie <gavin.lawrie(a)2gc.co.uk> wrote: > > > It probably won't do any harm, but probably won't do any good either. > > Not looked at the Kapersky mac software, > > I've used Kaspersky ful jternet suite (including 2-way firewall) for > many years on many Windows boxes. The company support is excellent. I > use Wirus Barrier on my Macs - OK I *know but I don't want to be the > first to be screwed by the first Mac virus in the wild and that is > coming one day soon. See that is the thing. It iprobably *is* coming one day soon, and when it does we can then work out how to protect about. But it won't act like a windows virus, as that wouldn't work, the architecture is different, and if it could act like that, it already would. Noone knows what it will look like or how it will act (or it would already be here), so all you do by running anti-virus (apart from protecting PCs from passed on things) is give yourself a false impression that you have some kind of protection. As it is you are no more protected than anyone else. > >but others I've seen basically > > scan your Mac for Windows viruses - presumably to stop you inadertently > > passing them on to other windows users. > > Actually according to the blurb, most of these are for users of virtual > Windows on Mac systems That does makes sense. -- Woody
From: Chris Ridd on 22 Apr 2010 11:59
On 2010-04-22 15:52:48 +0100, Jaimie Vandenbergh said: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:40:37 +0100, pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com (Peter > James) wrote: > >> My Bank is offering all of its on-line banking customers the Kaspersky >> anti-virus for Windows and Mac for free. >> Is this offer worth taking up? > > No. See recent threads this week about AV, and particularly the > amusement of yesterday's MacAfee screwup. > >> I'm running OS X 10.6.3. My inclination is to say no. The only problem >> is when and if my account is hacked I'm told I have no comeback because >> I'm not running anti-virus software. > > This attempted abrogation of responsibility by the banks is creeping > further and further... and I say screw that. It's up to them to prove > to the banking ombudsman that it was your fault they gave your money > away to Russian gangsters. I was trying to find the post from Bruce that proposed asking the banks to get the security software properly certified (CC) first. Why would you trust something *claiming* to be secure? Or it might have been Steve Firth who proposed this. > > At least Kaspersky is a decent choice, unlike the shiteware that > Natwest is foisting on people (which I've forgotten the name of), > doesn't actually trash your Mac and render it completely useless. Do you mean the shiteware that is Trusteer Rapport? -- Chris |