Comments on: Annoying malware out there, hits Macs as well. http://blog.fixescomputers.com/2008/08/17/annoying-malware-out-there-hits-macs-as-well/ Bringing a little insight into today's technology. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: shoregeek http://blog.fixescomputers.com/2008/08/17/annoying-malware-out-there-hits-macs-as-well/#comment-28 shoregeek Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:31:07 +0000 http://blog.fixescomputers.com/?p=11#comment-28 I've only had one Mac client complain about anything in their browsers -- at most it was "annoying-ware" -- massive pop-ups, etc. After running a series of tests on the clients computer I found no evidence of malware/spyware on this clients Mac. However, just to be safe, I installed SafariBlock (http://code.google.com/p/safariblock/) and made sure AdBlock was installed for Firefox ... along with certain specific Firefox tweaks (beyond the speed tweaks) to make sure nothing was getting into the machine. Other than that one client, out of the hundreds I have now (all Mac) I've seen no problems of reported Malware/Spyware among Mac users. I’ve only had one Mac client complain about anything in their browsers — at most it was “annoying-ware” — massive pop-ups, etc. After running a series of tests on the clients computer I found no evidence of malware/spyware on this clients Mac.

However, just to be safe, I installed SafariBlock (http://code.google.com/p/safariblock/) and made sure AdBlock was installed for Firefox … along with certain specific Firefox tweaks (beyond the speed tweaks) to make sure nothing was getting into the machine.

Other than that one client, out of the hundreds I have now (all Mac) I’ve seen no problems of reported Malware/Spyware among Mac users.

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