Tuesday, November 2, 2010

ACSS Newsletter: Free AV for Macs

You think there are no viruses for Macs? Well, think again. Although they are few, compared to the gazzillion-odd forms of malware that exploit vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows systems and applications, they do exist. 
My favorite anti-virus application, Sophos, has now release a free home version of it's AV program for Macs!
You can download it at: 
http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/free-mac-anti-virus/

Also, if you want to read up on malware for Macs, check out the following website, put together by Sophos:
http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/11/02/anti-virus-mac-free/

Hacking Into the Past

In my youth, I would take apart various electronic games, un-soldering and re-soldering them, and taking pride in the fact that that the suc...