Mac Security & Spyware Info

The good news for Mac users is that the majority of the adware & spyware industry is focused on developing their "malware" to target PC users through ActiveX controls and DILLs that only work on Windows based computers.

We have found only one product that states that it can scan and remove adware & spyware on a MAC. MacScan claims that it can detect, isolate and remove spyware, keystroke loggers and trojans from your Macintosh which could have been maliciously or inadvertently installed on your Macintosh. It supports both Mac Classic & Mac OSX. On our tests our Mac computer came up clean. For more information see http://macscan.securemac.com/

So far, this is the only program that we have found geared for MacIntosh computers that claims to be able to find sypware.

We are still trying to find out more information on any programs that are targeting Mac users. Since we are limited in true documentation regarding what programs might be effecting Mac users we recommend that Mac users invest in a solid personal firewall program as a precaution to protect their on line privacy.

 

Here is a listing of addition resources for Mac Security.
Please note that these are links to outside sites. We have no control over the content of other web sites. We have removed several links which were causing errors or redirecting our visitors to inappropiate content. Please contact us to notify us of problems with links on this site.

Secure Mac
www.securemac.com

MacAnalysis.com
http://www.macanalysis.com/about.php3

Norton Anti-Virus for Macintosh
http://www.symantec.com/nav/nav_mac/  

Norton Personal Firewall for Macintosh
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/nis/npf_mac/

Norton/Symantec - Internet Security for the Mac
http://www.symantec.com/mac/security/

Norton/Symantec - Macintosh Home Computing
http://www.symantec.com/product/home-mac.html

Norton/Symantec - Macintosh Solutions
http://www.symantec.com/mac/

MacWasher
http://www.webroot.com/macwasher.htm  

McAfee Virex
corporate.mcafee.com/content/software_products/avd_virex.asp

NetBarrier
http://www.intego.com/netbarrier/  

WebWasher for Macintosh
http://www.webwasher.com/en/products/wwash/download_mac.htm
http://www.webwasher.com/en/products/wwash/download.htm

AdKiller
http://www.robinlewis.co.uk/AdKiller.html

Agax AntiVirus
http://www.defyne.org/agax/    

Brickhouse
http://personalpages.tds.net/~brian_hill/brickhouse.html  

CIAC - Macintosh Security Tools
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/ToolsMacVirus.html    

Free-Firewall.org - Macintosh Firewall Software
http://www.free-firewall.org/mac-download.asp  

HOSTS File for Macintosh
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/hostsformac.html  

IPNetSentry
http://www.sustworks.com/site/prod_ipns_descrip.html

MacSSH
http://www.macssh.com/  

MacTCP Watcher 2.0
http://newdata.box.sk/neworder/mac/MacTCPWatcher-20.sit (direct download)    

Muffin (WWW Filtering System)
http://muffin.doit.org/ or http://sourceforge.net/projects/muffin/  

neworder.box.sk - Macintosh Security
http://www.neworder.box.sk/box.php3?...  

NetBarrier
http://www.intego.com/netbarrier/  

NiftyTelnet 1.1 SSH
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~jonasw/freeware/niftyssh/    

Privoxy
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/

SANS Institute - Apple Issues
http://rr.sans.org/mac/mac_list.php  

Sophos Anti-Virus for Macintosh
http://www.sophos.com/products/software/antivirus/savmac.html    

Stanford University - Macintosh Security
http://www.stanford.edu/group/itss-ccs/security/mac/  

VirusBarrier
http://www.intego.com/virusbarrier/home.html  

Viruses & the Mac FAQ
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/computer-virus/macintosh-faq/      

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