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Apr 27 2009

Safety First

Secure your Mac from new virus threats and protect your user account and files with these free downloads.

mu Safety FirstMisMatch

Defend yourself against the MAC.Amphimix/MP3Virus.Gen/MAC_MP3CONCEPT.A virus with this free utility. MisMatch scans a file or folder of files for resource fork mismatches and either quarantines or trashed suspect files.

mu Safety FirstTCstripper

TCstripper is pretty much the same thing, with a more exciting name.

mu Safety FirstDavtri HTTP Fingerprinting

Sometimes the best defense is a good offence. This app lets you peak into any given web server and returns info about it. Find out OS and web server they are using. Iím not sure what reason, beyond curiosity, you’d want to do it. But you can!

mu Safety FirstRPG

Generate random passwords for increased security with this simple little program. RPG allows you to specify limitation like character limits and punctuation.

mu Safety FirstLockPopCM

Protect a file from accidental deletion with a control-click. This Contextual Menu plug-in locks and unlocks files.

Now you can rest easier, knowing your files are safe.

Brian

mu Safety FirstDownloads provided by MacUpdate

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Jan 23 2009

The latest Mac Trojan can be avoided by not pirating software

eviliwork 20090122 210137 The latest Mac Trojan can be avoided by not pirating softwareAn Intego Security Alert warns of a new exploit to threaten the tranquility of the Mac universe: OSX.Trojan.iServices.A Trojan Horse.

The new Trojan Horse is currently hidden in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork ’09 available via various BitTorrent tracker sites. While the software is complete and functional, the installer contains a “bonus” called iWorkServices.pkg. This software is installed as a startup item where it has read-write-execute permissions for root: in other words, it has all the powers of a system administrator. This malicious software connects to a remote server over the internet, alerts its maker that it has been installed and gives this person the ability to connect to the affected Mac remotely.

Given that this alert came from Intego, it is no surprise that their software, VirusBarrier X4 and X5, will protect you against this Trojan horse as long as your virus definitions are dated January 22, 2009 or later. Meanwhile, over at SecureMac, they have made a free and handy iWorkServices Trojan Removal Tool that will… well… remove the Trojan for you.

I should mention that the preferred method of dealing with this Trojan is avoidance: go buy iWork ’09 The latest Mac Trojan can be avoided by not pirating software legitimately!!

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Jun 8 2006

PC vs Mac ”spoof” pokes gun at “Get a Mac”

162975427 e34f0c5335 m PC vs Mac spoof pokes gun at Get a MacWe knew this was coming… but I kinda thought after a month to prepare, these Windows fools could come up with something a bit more creative. Anyway, some kids at Break.com have posted a spoof of Apple’s “Get a Mac” ads that is pretty much what we all expected. To remind you of what we posted back on May 2, when the ads first started airing:

We await the inevitable PC user created spoofs depicting the PC as a better gaming platform or being cheaper or the one where the PC simply acts out violently against the Mac.

This bit of satire has the anthropomorphized Mac committing suicide off-screen after it is suggested that a Mac without any viruses is still not as cool as sniffling virus infected PC.

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