Norton Support For Mac

Norton Support For Mac
- Norton Support For Mac
Norton Antivirus (made by Symantec) has a very long and illustrious reputation for mangling Mac OS X systems, sometimes to the point where a complete reinstall is necessary. Among other things, it installs kernel extensions which are known to cause kernel panics and system freezes; it contains known and documented bugs which can silently corrupt Adobe Photoshop and Adobe InDesign files, destroy a user's ability to authenticate as an administrator, and (on PPC systems) can cause Classic to stop functioning; and Symantec has on at least two occasions now released flawed.dat file updates which erroneously report certain critical Mac OS X files as 'viruses.' (Deleting these 'viruses' causes damage to the system that in some cases renders it unbootable.) Norton has also been reported as damaging iPhone backups. A major security flaw in Norton has also been noted: Norton Removal Tool (Symantec Uninstaller). Mac users often ask whether they should install 'anti-virus' (AV) or 'anti-malware' software. The short answer is 'no,' but it may give the wrong impression that there is no threat from what are loosely called 'viruses.'
There is a threat. This is a comment on what you should—and should not—do to protect yourself from malicious software ('malware') that circulates on the Internet and gets onto a computer as an unintended consequence of the user's actions.
It does not apply to software, such as keystroke loggers, that may be installed deliberately by an intruder who has hands-on access to the computer, or who has been able to take control of it remotely. That threat is in a different category, and there's no easy way to defend against it.
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AV software is not intended to, and does not, defend against such attacks. The comment is long because the issue is complex. The key points are in sections 5 and 11.
OS X now implements three layers of built-in protection specifically against malware, not counting runtime protections such as, system library randomization, and that may also guard against other kinds of exploits. All versions of OS X since 10.6.7 have been able to detect known Mac malware in downloaded files, and to block insecure web plugins. This feature is transparent to the user. Internally Apple calls it 'XProtect.' The malware recognition database used by XProtect is automatically updated; however, you shouldn't rely on it, because the attackers are always at least a day ahead of the defenders. The following caveats apply to XProtect: ☞ It can be bypassed by some third-party networking software, such as BitTorrent clients and Java applets. ☞ It only applies to software downloaded from the network.
Software installed from a CD or other media is not checked. As new versions of OS X are released, it's not clear whether Apple will indefinitely continue to maintain the XProtect database of older versions such as 10.6. The security of obsolete system versions may eventually be degraded.
Security updates to the code of obsolete systems will stop being released at some point, and that may leave them open to other kinds of attack besides malware. Starting with OS X 10.7.5, there has been a second layer of built-in malware protection, designated ' by Apple. By default, applications and Installer packages downloaded from the network will only run if they're digitally signed by a developer with a certificate issued by Apple.
Software certified in this way hasn't been checked for security by Apple unless it comes from the App Store, but you can be reasonably sure that it hasn't been modified by anyone other than the developer. His identity is known to Apple, so he could be held legally responsible if he distributed malware. That may not mean much if the developer lives in a country with a weak legal system (see below.) Gatekeeper doesn't depend on a database of known malware.
It has, however, the same limitations as XProtect, and in addition the following: ☞ It can easily be disabled or overridden by the user. ☞ A malware attacker could, or could get control of a code-signing certificate under false pretenses, or could simply ignore the consequences of distributing. ☞ An App Store developer could find a way to, or the due to human error. Apple has taken far too long to revoke the codesigning certificates of some known abusers, thereby diluting the value of Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. Those lapses don't involve App Store products, however.
For the reasons given, App Store products, and—to a lesser extent—other applications recognized by Gatekeeper as signed, are safer than others, but they can't be considered absolutely safe. 'Sandboxed' applications may prompt for access to private data, such as your contacts, or for access to the network. Think before granting that access.
Sandbox security is based on user input. Never click through any request for authorization without thinking. Starting with OS X 10.8.3, a third layer of protection has been added: a 'Malware Removal Tool' (MRT). MRT runs automatically in the background. It checks for, and removes, malware that matches a recognition database maintained by Apple.
To ensure that MRT will run when that database is updated, open the App Store pane in System Preferences and check the box marked Install system data files and security updates if it's not already checked. Like XProtect, MRT is effective against known threats, but not against unknown ones. It notifies you if it finds malware, but otherwise it has no user interface. The built-in security features of OS X reduce the risk of malware attack, but they are not, and never will be, complete protection. Malware is a problem of human behavior, not machine behavior, and no technological fix alone is going to solve it. Trusting software to protect you will only make you more vulnerable.
The best defense is always going to be your own intelligence. With the possible exception of Java exploits, all known malware circulating on the Internet that affects a fully-updated installation of OS X 10.6 or later takes the form of so-called ',' which can only have an effect if the victim is duped into running them. The threat therefore amounts to a battle of wits between you and Internet criminals. If you're better informed than they think you are, you'll win.
That means, in effect, that you always stay within a safe harbor of computing practices. How do you know when you're leaving the safe harbor? Below are some warning signs of danger. Software from an untrustworthy source ☞ Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, doesn't come directly from the developer’s website. Do not trust an alert from any website to update Flash, or your browser, or any other software. A genuine alert that Flash is outdated and blocked is shown on. Follow the instructions on the support page in that case.
Otherwise, assume that the alert is fake and someone is trying to scam you into installing malware. If you see such alerts on more than one website, ask for instructions. ☞ Software of any kind is distributed via BitTorrent, or Usenet, or on a website that also distributes pirated music or movies.
☞ Rogue websites such as CNET Download, MacUpdate, Soft32, Softonic, and SourceForge distribute free applications that have been packaged in a superfluous 'installer.' ☞ The software is advertised by means of spam or intrusive web ads. Any ad, on any site, that includes a direct link to a download should be ignored. Software that is plainly illegal or does something illegal ☞ High-priced commercial software such as Photoshop is 'cracked' or 'free.' ☞ An application helps you to infringe copyright, for instance by circumventing the copy protection on commercial software, or saving streamed media for reuse without permission. All 'YouTube downloaders' are in this category, though not all are necessarily malicious. Conditional or unsolicited offers from strangers ☞ A telephone caller or a web page tells you that you have a “virus” and offers to help you remove it.
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(Some reputable websites did legitimately warn visitors who were infected with the 'DNSChanger' malware. That exception to this rule no longer applies.) ☞ A web site offers free content such as video or music, but to use it you must install a “codec,” “plug-in,” 'player,' 'downloader,' 'extractor,' or “certificate” that comes from that same site, or an unknown one.
☞ You win a prize in a contest you never entered. ☞ Someone on a message board such as this one is eager to help you, but only if you download an application of his choosing. ☞ A 'FREE WI-FI!!!' Network advertises itself in a public place such as an airport, but is not provided by the management.
☞ Anything online that you would expect to pay for is 'free.' Unexpected events ☞ A file is downloaded automatically when you visit a web page, with no other action on your part.
Delete any such file without opening it. ☞ You open what you think is a document and get an alert that it's 'an application downloaded from the Internet.'
Click Cancel and delete the file. Even if you don't get the alert, you should still delete any download that isn't what you expected it to be.
☞ An application does something you don't expect, such as asking for permission to access your contacts, your location, or the Internet for no obvious reason. ☞ Software is attached to email that you didn't request, even if it comes (or seems to come) from someone you trust. I don't say that leaving the safe harbor just once will necessarily result in disaster, but making a habit of it will weaken your defenses against malware attack. Any of the above scenarios should, at the very least, make you uncomfortable. Java on the Web ( not to be confused with JavaScript, to which it's not related, despite the similarity of the names) is a weak point in the security of any system. Java is, among other things, a platform for running complex applications in a web page. That was always a bad idea, and Java's developers have proven themselves incapable of implementing it without also creating a portal for malware to enter.
Past Java exploits are the closest thing there has ever been to a Windows-style virus affecting OS X. Merely loading a page with malicious Java content could be harmful. Fortunately, client-side Java on the Web is obsolete and mostly extinct. Only a few outmoded sites still use it. Try to hasten the process of extinction by avoiding those sites, if you have a choice.
Forget about playing games or other non-essential uses of Java. Java is not included in OS X 10.7 and later. Discrete Java installers are distributed by Apple and by Oracle (the developer of Java.) Don't use either one unless you need it. Most people don't. If Java is installed, — not JavaScript—in your browsers. Regardless of version, experience has shown that Java on the Web can't be trusted.
If you must use a Java applet for a task on a specific site, in Safari. Never enable Java for a public website that carries third-party advertising. Use it only on well-known, login-protected, secure websites without ads. In Safari 6 or later, you'll see a padlock icon in the address bar when visiting a secure site. Another perennial weak point is Adobe Flash Player. Like Java, Flash is in well-deserved decline, but Flash content is still much more widespread than Java content on the Web.
If you choose to install the Flash plugin, you can reduce your exposure to Flash by checking the box marked Stop plug-ins to save power in Advanced tab of the Safari preferences window, if it's not already checked. Consider also installing a Safari extension such as 'ClickToFlash' or 'ClickToPlugin.' They will prevent Flash content from loading automatically, and will also cause non-Flash video to be substituted for Flash on YouTube and maybe some other sites. I've tested those extensions and found them safe, but you should always do your own research before deciding whether to trust any third-party software. Stay within the safe harbor, and you’ll be as safe from malware as you can practically be. The rest of this comment concerns what you should not do to protect yourself.
Although it may seem counter-intuitive, you should never install any AV or 'Internet security' products for the Mac if you have a choice, as they are all worse than useless. If you're required by a (mistaken) institutional policy to install some kind of AV, pick one of the free apps in the Mac App Store—nothing else.
Why shouldn't you use AV products? ☞ To recognize malware, the software depends on a database of known threats, which is always at least a day out of date. This technique is a, as a major AV software vendor has. Most attacks are 'zero-day'—that is, previously unknown. Recognition-based AV does not defend against such attacks, and the enterprise IT industry is coming to the realization that traditional AV software is worthless. ☞ The design is usually predicated on the nonexistent threat that malware may be injected at any time, anywhere in the file system. Malware is downloaded from the network; it doesn't materialize from nowhere.
In order to meet that nonexistent threat, commercial AV software modifies or duplicates low-level functions of the operating system, which is a waste of resources and a common cause of instability, bugs, and poor performance. ☞ By modifying the operating system, the software may also create that could be exploited by malware attackers. ☞ Most importantly, a false sense of security is dangerous. That fact pertains to all AV software there will ever be, no matter what else changes. Using AV software sets you up for double exploitation: by malware attackers, from whom the software doesn't protect you, and by the AV industry itself, which will try to hook you with a free product so it can charge you for 'upgrades' later. A free AV product from the Mac App Store is harmless as long you don't let it delete or move any files.
Ignore any warnings it may give you about 'heuristics' or 'phishing.' Those warnings, if they're not merely false positives, refer to the text of email messages or cached web pages, not to malware.
Also ignore any attempts to upsell you to a paid version of the product. An AV app is not needed, and can't be relied upon, for protection against OS X malware. It's useful, if at all, only for detecting Windows malware, and even for that use it's not really effective, because new Windows malware is emerging much faster than OS X malware. Windows malware can't harm you directly (unless, of course, you use Windows.) Just don't pass it on to anyone else. A malicious attachment in email is usually easy to recognize by the name alone.
An actual example: London Terror Moovie.avi 124 spaces Checked By Norton Antivirus.exe You don't need software to tell you that's a Windows trojan. Software may be able to tell you which trojan it is, but who cares? In practice, there's no reason to use recognition software unless an organizational policy requires it. Windows malware is so widespread that you should assume it's in every email attachment until proven otherwise. Nevertheless, a free AV product from the App Store may serve a purpose if it satisfies an ill-informed network administrator who says you must have some kind of AV application.
An App Store product won't modify the operating system; in fact, it won't do anything unless you run it. If you're just curious as to whether a file is recognized as malware by AV engines, you can upload it to the 'VirusTotal' website, where it will be tested against most of them at no charge.
A negative result is no proof of anything, for the reasons stated above. I don't recommend doing this with a file that might contain private information.
It seems to be a common belief that the built-in Application Firewall acts as a barrier to infection, or prevents malware from functioning. It does neither. It blocks inbound connections to certain network services you're running, such as file sharing.
It's disabled by default and you should leave it that way if you're behind a router on a private home or office network. Activate it only when you're on an untrusted network, for instance a public Wi-Fi hotspot, where you don't want to provide services. Disable any services you don't use in the Sharing preference pane. All are disabled by default. As a Mac user, you don't have to live in fear that your computer may be infected every time you install software, read email, or visit a web page. But neither can you assume that you will always be safe from exploitation, no matter what you do.
Navigating the Internet is like walking the streets of a big city. It can be as safe or as dangerous as you choose to make it. The greatest harm done by AV software is precisely its selling point: it makes people feel safe. They may then feel safe enough to take risks from which the software doesn't protect them.
Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices. Newfish303 wrote: Hi all, I have a Mac Air 4 G running El Capitan 10.11.3 and and IT guy at work telling me I need to install norton antivirus on it.
What do you all think? Thanks for the advice. K Norton did not play well with my last mac - when I purchased this one I bought INTEGO from the APPLE Store. Intego is written for the mac - but also checks for linux and windows malware. If you missed the announcement the Latest Malware for Mac carried an id that would get it through apples gatekeeper and is Ransom ware. Yesterday received an email from Intego that they had an update with it so I am set.
Notcloudy wrote: Newfish303 wrote: Hi all, I have a Mac Air 4 G running El Capitan 10.11.3 and and IT guy at work telling me I need to install norton antivirus on it. What do you all think? Thanks for the advice. K Norton did not play well with my last mac - when I purchased this one I bought INTEGO from the APPLE Store. Intego is written for the mac - but also checks for linux and windows malware.
If you missed the announcement the Latest Malware for Mac carried an id that would get it through apples gatekeeper and is Ransom ware. Yesterday received an email from Intego that they had an update with it so I am set. Macs do not need anti-virus programs. There are no viruses currently in the wild that can do any damage to OS X. The ransomware you speak of can be removed by uninstalling the program (Transmission) and then restarting your computer. The kinds of issues that plague Apple computers, malware and adware, do not install themselves like viruses do.
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They're downloaded and installed by you when you download something from sites like CNET, Download (dot) com, MacUpdate, Softpedia, and Softonic, or when you download something from a torrent. There isn't a program in the world that can stop you from doing that. Only your self-control and common sense can do that. So, uninstall Intego. Pinkstones wrote: The kinds of issues that plague Apple computers, malware and adware, do not install themselves like viruses do. They're downloaded and installed by you when you download something from sites like CNET, Download (dot) com, MacUpdate, Softpedia, and Softonic, or when you download something from a torrent.
There isn't a program in the world that can stop you from doing that. Only your self-control and common sense can do that. In the case of Transmission it had nothing to do with downloading from the aforementioned sites or downloading from a torrent The infection was possible because the crooks behind this ransomware managed to hack the Transmission project's website and replaced the legitimate Mac client with one that also contained the KeRanger ransomware. Which won't be the last time. Pinkstones wrote: Macs do not need anti-virus programs.
There are no viruses currently in the wild that can do any damage to OS X. The ransomware you speak of can be removed by uninstalling the program (Transmission) and then restarting your computer.
The kinds of issues that plague Apple computers, malware and adware, do not install themselves like viruses do. They're downloaded and installed by you when you download something from sites like CNET, Download (dot) com, MacUpdate, Softpedia, and Softonic, or when you download something from a torrent. There isn't a program in the world that can stop you from doing that. Only your self-control and common sense can do that. So, uninstall Intego. I guess you missed the point - Macs Along with Main frame system may not get WIndows viruses but they can pass them on.
The OP's IT manger may not be aware of INTEGO - as an alternative for NORTON - - IF the OP is using his mac for workplace - then they are now mandating virus protection. INTEGO is not only looking at mac issues mine is set to also look for windows and linux viruses.
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