Snow Leopard, Disabled FW + Antivirus Question
I was doing a clean install of Snow Leopard today when I noticed the firewall was disabled on default, like on leopard.
Normally I wouldn't care simply because turning it on only takes 2 steps, but it actually connected to my wireless internet during installation.
My question, since installation, for a period of around 10 to 15 minutes, it wasn't firewalled, but it was connected to the internet. (Although no programs were running.)
Does that pose any reasonable risk? I ask because usually with pcs (yep I usually use pcs), if you leave your comp on the internet without a firewall, within a few mins you're usually infected with minor to major bugs..
Second question, I used Norton 10.0 for a long time. Now I might need to upgrade to Norton 11 for Snow Leopard. How necessary are antiviral/antimalware software for Macs nowadays?
Would you happen to have any recommendations for either?
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Normally I wouldn't care simply because turning it on only takes 2 steps, but it actually connected to my wireless internet during installation.
My question, since installation, for a period of around 10 to 15 minutes, it wasn't firewalled, but it was connected to the internet. (Although no programs were running.)
Does that pose any reasonable risk? I ask because usually with pcs (yep I usually use pcs), if you leave your comp on the internet without a firewall, within a few mins you're usually infected with minor to major bugs..
Second question, I used Norton 10.0 for a long time. Now I might need to upgrade to Norton 11 for Snow Leopard. How necessary are antiviral/antimalware software for Macs nowadays?
Would you happen to have any recommendations for either?
ty
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Intego is supposed to be really good.