Mac Attacks are HYPE

"...holes in Windows are routine ... These Mac "threats" are only news because of their novelty, not the threat level they pose". - Wired
This Wired article which uncovers the "storm in a teacup"-phenomena about Mac security-holes.

Yes, it is true, these attacks are not something to get worries about, but at some point the Mac will have a successful attack. If you would like to be prepared for the eventual attack here are my recommendations.

Safari Worm
The current "Safari Worm" is actually a problem in how the Finder has access to the Terminal (Talks to the Unix underbelly of OSX). There is a simple fix at this URL I have tried this is is simple to run and quite safe.
Fix:
http://nirs.freeshell.org/safe-terminal/SafeTerminal-0.1.dmg.zip

Further reading about the fix is in this article:
http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/02/22/potential.safari.fix/

Anti Virus
ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X
Main Page:
http://www.clamxav.com/

Free Download page:
http://www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/index.php?page=dl

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