AV & Firewall for Mac OS X?

[Wilse]

Allo,

Just connected an iBook to the web, via my router (A1, Peg1 & iBook all surfing just now - nice!) and was wondering what AV or firewall software I should install.

Any tips aprreciated.

Cheers,
Robert.

[Karlos]

Doesn't OSX have a firewall built in?

Check system preferences -> sharing -> firewall...

[minator]

Doesn't OSX have a firewall built in?

Check system preferences -> sharing -> firewall...

Yes, but it's not on by default.
There are also other options that can be enables such as stealth mode under Advanced.

[Wilse]

Cheers guys.

I'd already found the built in firewall but wasn't sureif I should set up any other defences.

:-)

Getting to quite like OSX too.

[lorddef]

I use virex

I thought OSX was virus free? :-?

[Sparky]

Just use the built in firewall and switch off any services you don't need (like Personal File sharing, FTP, WWW), then just not bother with Anti-Virus.

For the moment there are naff all virii about on the OSX platform to bother you (they do exist but only as proof of concept stuff I believe), the only reason you might want it is for filtering out Windows virii when you get them via email or in macros form with Word/Excel documents .. basically if you buy Norton Anti Virus for OSX it is to clean up Windows virii ... who cares!  :-D

[JetFireDX]

I use clamxav (free) to check files for Windows viruses that may make their way onto my Mac. Free and updated regularly. http://www.clamxav.com/

[HopperJF]

mdma wrote:
I thought OSX was virus free? :-?

There are a few, not many though by any means, the most popular being the MS-Office Macro virus, which surprise surprise, can only happen if you install Microsoft Office on your Mac.