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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1950334" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>I've been a computer consultant for almost 30 years now. I've been in touch with tens of thousands of Macintosh users through various activities of mine. It all that time, out of all of those users, I've yet to hear of a single first hand believable case of a Macintosh user being hacked.</p><p></p><p>Even in the days when they still held Macintosh hacking competitions (back when Mac security wasn't nearly as good as it is now), even expert hackers weren't able to hack into a Macintosh until they were allowed physical access to the computer itself. </p><p></p><p>Are you still concerned? Here are the things that you need to do to keep safe using a Mac:</p><p></p><p>- Set passwords for your Mac and make them strong ones. See:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.useapassphrase.com/" target="_blank">https://www.useapassphrase.com/</a></p><p></p><p>- Make sure to use the latest version of the Mac OS (that your Mac can run) and make sure to install all security updates.</p><p>- Know the latest social engineering threats (i.e. phishing attempts and scams).</p><p>- Don't update software anywhere but directly from the Web site of the developer, or from the Mac App Store.</p><p>- Don't open e-mail file attachments from people you don't know. (Though malicious file attachments are just about always aimed at Windows users and usually are Windows executables that won't run on a Mac anyway.)</p><p>- Don't click on links to Web pages in e-mails from people you don't know (however, you can hover your cursor over such a link, and a pop-up will appear telling you where the link will really take you, and you can then decide if it looks safe). Once again, this is more of a Windows thing....it's good to be a Mac user!</p><p>- Turn on "Macro Virus Protection" in the Microsoft Office applications (though macro viruses are exceedingly rare these days.) Don't run any macros in an Office document unless you are 100% sure that you know what the macro does and you need to run it.</p><p></p><p>I hope that this helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1950334, member: 190607"] I've been a computer consultant for almost 30 years now. I've been in touch with tens of thousands of Macintosh users through various activities of mine. It all that time, out of all of those users, I've yet to hear of a single first hand believable case of a Macintosh user being hacked. Even in the days when they still held Macintosh hacking competitions (back when Mac security wasn't nearly as good as it is now), even expert hackers weren't able to hack into a Macintosh until they were allowed physical access to the computer itself. Are you still concerned? Here are the things that you need to do to keep safe using a Mac: - Set passwords for your Mac and make them strong ones. See: [URL code="true"]https://www.useapassphrase.com/[/URL] - Make sure to use the latest version of the Mac OS (that your Mac can run) and make sure to install all security updates. - Know the latest social engineering threats (i.e. phishing attempts and scams). - Don't update software anywhere but directly from the Web site of the developer, or from the Mac App Store. - Don't open e-mail file attachments from people you don't know. (Though malicious file attachments are just about always aimed at Windows users and usually are Windows executables that won't run on a Mac anyway.) - Don't click on links to Web pages in e-mails from people you don't know (however, you can hover your cursor over such a link, and a pop-up will appear telling you where the link will really take you, and you can then decide if it looks safe). Once again, this is more of a Windows thing....it's good to be a Mac user! - Turn on "Macro Virus Protection" in the Microsoft Office applications (though macro viruses are exceedingly rare these days.) Don't run any macros in an Office document unless you are 100% sure that you know what the macro does and you need to run it. I hope that this helps. [/QUOTE]
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