\"Macs and Viruses\" Please respond to the following: A common misconception wit
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"Macs and Viruses" Please respond to the following:
A common misconception with Mac OS X systems is that they are not as susceptible to viruses and malware as PCs and therefore do not require users to apply additional security measures. Discuss whether or not you believe this is true. Provide a rationale for your response.
From the e-Activities, evaluate the quality of at least two (2) of the selected Mac security tools, based on their available features, functionality, provided protections, mitigated risks, costs, and any other pertinent information discovered in your research. Decide whether or not you would recommend either of the tools for a Mac user. Justify your response.
Explanation / Answer
Yes , MAC OS x systems wont get affected by a viruses and worms. To prove this, many analysts try to attack MAC OS and windows OS. After some time.. the traces of viruses and worms are no more in MAC OS but found in windows OS.
One of the MAC security Tool:
(i) Nessus Tool.
coming to features it has flexible deployment options. Released in 2015. And it has Multiple Assesment Types like Vulnerable scanning, malware detection and also enhanced capabilities like fast scanning, scanning multiple networks.. It also included Dashboards.
Price: 2190/- for one year.
(ii) Wireshark .
It is almost tcpdump, has GUI interface with good some filtering options. It can handle good security data and traffic. It can capture data from wire ..(live network). GUI display with display filter.
Raw USB traffic also can detect. It is free of cost and can download easily.
Yeah . As a MAC user I recommended these tools.. not only these, all tools are good. Since MAC team accepts only good and malware free softwares. So all can trust MAC users.
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