How do I keep a Mac clean and safe?
Hello.
I have a friend who has problems with pop-ups and Drive Cleaner and shit like that. She wants my help but fortunely she has a Mac and I have never used a Mac in my whole life so.. What kind of programs can you use to clean a Mac from spyware and such? Is there any program like ad-aware available for Mac?
Thank you.
I have a friend who has problems with pop-ups and Drive Cleaner and shit like that. She wants my help but fortunely she has a Mac and I have never used a Mac in my whole life so.. What kind of programs can you use to clean a Mac from spyware and such? Is there any program like ad-aware available for Mac?
Thank you.
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Nearly all spyware is written for the PC, so it won't run on the mac. Unless she is dual booting in Windows, then the PC software will work anyway.
Maybe you should turn on your Mac's system wide reading comprehension check, Rick. He said there is currently spyware problems on this Mac.
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Constructive. Thanks for joining in.
Corv, have a look around http://www.macosxspyware.com/ As for Drivecleaner, is that not PC only? I had read it as she had a PC, with spyware, now got a mac and wanted to install anti-spyware software.
But seriously, that was completely uninformative and lacked any sort of help.
*skulks away in shame*
-caseyjones
anyway, click the apple on the top left of her machine and click "about this mac". post in here the version of Mac OS.
Hmm. Maybe I misunderstood her..
She says that when she enter a site, she gets pop-ups with ads about drive cleaner but she says that she can't install it because she has a Mac.. And she also said that when she download films from internet she gets Ukrainian porn instead.
I'm somewhat confused.. But thanks anyway.
So in short, she gets popups on websites, and downloading movies illegally sometimes gets her the wrong film?
That doesn't sound much like a system-specific thing, you know. It's the internet.
Also, what is it about macs that gets peoples panties in such a bunch?
Particularly Jesse. I'll supply the fish-hook if you want, this i need to see.
Also, corv: PLEASE tell her to stop blindly trusting popup ads. She may have a mac, but downloading something because a popup tells you to is a remarkably dangerous thing to do on any system.
Jesse: provide reasoning so we may laugh at you.
*Disclamer: Spoiler ahead*
If this wasn't a textbook attemt to lure out the Mac fanboys, and try some trolling then I don't know what it was. I sure couldn't have done it better
*Disclamer: Spoiler end*
:P :P :P
My system wide comprehension check appears to be intact.
anyway, nothing to worry about. *.exe don't work on mac os
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Also, what is it about macs that gets peoples panties in such a bunch?
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Sorry to post off the topic, but I can answer this. People who use macs have often in my experience felt the full on need to act very snobby about it. They feel the need for everyone to know THEY use a mac, and are thus special. They then go on to describe how awesome macs are, usually by actually talking about how crappy PCs are rather than why the Macs are good. (Note: For more on this watch mac commercials)
Now, personally I prefer PC, and though I am fine with other people using Macs, the snobby mac attitude has over the years made me bitter towards the company that makes them and often the people that use them. Thus, panties become bunched and silly arguments ensue. (This is of course a generalization, but it gets the gist across of why I and some others I've talked to on the subject feel this way).
Why are you complaining about getting Ukrainian pron?
I mean
Their from fucking
UKRANE