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From: Daniel Cohen on 21 Feb 2010 16:55 Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote: > If people want to scan their Mac's for malware, I recommend clamXav. > This is not an "active" protection. It just scans when you tell in to > (either manually or scheduled). But because it doesn't try to interfere > with how other things run it can't do anything like the damage active AV > systems can do. ClamXav comes with a Sentry item, that scans folders you choose (such as the Dwonloads folder) as items are added to them. There are issues with it, but it does offer some immediate protection, if you feel you need any protection at all. -- <http://www.decohen.com> Send e-mail to the Reply-To address. Mail to the From address is never read.
From: Salmon Egg on 21 Feb 2010 18:46 In article <210220101712461073%star(a)sky.net>, Davoud <star(a)sky.net> wrote: > What in the world prompted you to go to that site in the first place!? It spoofed something else. Bill -- An old man would be better off never having been born.
From: M-M on 22 Feb 2010 19:43 In article <jollyroger-4A2D82.18395822022010(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > Here's the link: see of your web browser warns you about it. > > http://mail.bpcwhite.co.uk/presentswappingdo/pics/x/index.html > > (Was disguised in the actual e-mail as "Click her to confirm your...") > > > > Firefox: Gave a warning and blocked the link. (Allows bypassing). > > Safari: No warning. > > Opera: No warning. > > Chrome (Mac) No warning. > > Safari 4.0.4 gave me a warning. What version are you running? I also got a warning with Safari. -- m-m http://www.mhmyers.com
From: Jolly Roger on 22 Feb 2010 20:31 In article <michelle-B03F94.18052422022010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-4A2D82.18395822022010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > Firefox: Gave a warning and blocked the link. (Allows bypassing). > > > Safari: No warning. > > > Opera: No warning. > > > Chrome (Mac) No warning. > > > > Safari 4.0.4 gave me a warning. What version are you running? > > Neither Safari 4.0.4, Firefox 3.5.8. nor Firefox 3.6 gave me a warning. It uses Google's phishing blacklist. Perhaps you've somehow prevented Safari from connecting to safebrowsing.clients.google.com on startup. That would prevent it from getting updates from Google's blacklist. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Leonard Blaisdell on 22 Feb 2010 21:54
In article <michelle-4A0262.18471422022010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-D41BD1.19311722022010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > It uses Google's phishing blacklist. Perhaps you've somehow prevented > > Safari from connecting to safebrowsing.clients.google.com on startup. > > That would prevent it from getting updates from Google's blacklist. > > Not that I know of. I've seen that dangerous-site warning before, on other > sites. Do you have another URL handy that I could check? Michelle, I suggest you work on that one until you get the warning. It popped up immediately for me. I'm running the latest Safari and SL. I'm sure you've done this but in Safari preferences->Security, I have Fraudulent Sites checked, Only 'Enable Java' unchecked in Web content and accept cookies only from sites I visit. Oh, and Ask before sending non-secure blah checked as well. I don't recall doing anything else. leo |