Defense against Virus Damage
Have you prepared for an eventual virus or zombie attack on your Mac? Thought so. Most people haven't. Here's what to do...
Most Mac users are either doing nothing about security, or they're going to overly complicated and expensive software measures. When in reality, the Mac itself offers a very effective defense against someone getting into your system munging OS files, or running invasive programs. It can happen, and eventually you'll read about the first case before the epidemic. It's only a matter of time.
When that happens, it's too late to come up with a plan. Open Door Networks has an excellent suggestion: consider running your Mac as a non-administrative user most of the time.
This is an advanced technique that provides few immediate benefits, but, similar to anti-virus applications, acts as "insurance" by limiting any damage that could result from a security breach. Someone gaining access to your machine would still have access to many of your files, but not to most of the underlying machine and OS itself. The easiest way to run as a non-admin user is to create a new, administrative account and then change your normally used account to a non-administrative one.
Open Door Networks has just posted their listing of the top 10 things you can do to keep your Macintosh safe on the Internet. I suggest you go and have a good read...
Open Door Networks, a leading provider of Internet security solutions for
the Macintosh, shipped the first Macintosh firewall in 1998, and premiered
its flagship DoorStop X Security Suite in 2005. Open Door's mission is to
provide Macintosh users with Internet solutions that are as easy-to-use and
as powerful as the Macintosh itself. Open Door Networks is based in
Ashland, Oregon
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