Scan shares for PC viruses

Hello,
Is there a product that will run on the OS X Server that will scan folders for PC viruses?
I have over 40 servers that service windows clients with shares and I want to ensure the shares are clean without having to setup a PC with rights to the shares that scan on a schedule.
Thanks

Hi
A quick google reveals:
http://www.sophos.com/products/enterprise/endpoint/security-and-control/mac/
http://www.clamxav.com/
http://www.mcafee.com/us/enterprise/products/systemsecurity/clients/virusscan_formac.html
Are some? There's speculation that AVG are developing for the mac platform as well? You could look at it another way? If there's A/V software already installed on your PCs why bother?
Tony

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I am new to discussion group since my Apple Care subscription expired and they don't renew it.
I hope this is the correct Forum for this topic----if not, please advise which of over several thousand threads might it be associated more closely with?
I'm Looking for a virus scanner that will scan windows materials (CD disks with program files on them) while in a MAC 10.3 OSX environment.... (sorry haven't yet updated to either TIger or Leopard 10.4 or 10.5 as of yet).
Can use or buy either an online scanner or resident virus scanner within the Mac. As this discussion group concerns the PowerBook G4 15 inch screen, that is what I chose to post first within.
Thanks for reading this!

Hi eww:
Wow! You are correct for most of your assertions and observations...but unfortunately for you, I am employed and live in a PC Windows world that makes no excuses or time for the few (to the IT managers) Apple/Mac users out there. You do have a fan here in those multitude of PC vs. Mac advertisements, which clearly point out the folly of anyone using Windows on a PC.
I am employed by a 21 college University, which, at my last estimate, currently is funding Microsoft to the tune of $42 million dollars a year for its Windows Licenses across the University platforms which are almost 100% Windows based (or mainframe Unix for computer science classes of course). I consistently get emails with unopenable "windat" files and "PowerPoint" "excel" etc files and CD's that are totally unusable in the MAC, and for which I maintained the PC. Currently offline, its a two step dance to get them off line to the MAC and then save to a jump drive and thence recopied over to the PC to be opened there. They will not normally spend college money duplicating 100 page endless documents for the one user who has a "pc" problem, and they are just as enthusiastic about their PC's and Windows and hide any defects under the general phrase "computer or internet system is down---sorry for the inconvenience" broadcast over the old fashioned "telephone answering machine" network we still have functioning after 20 years! Also, unfortunately, after having spent monies for many expensive computer programs and their proprietary methods of "saving" files so that only their program can open and utilize them.....I am not about to buy all "Mac" versions of the programs (if there are any in the same company---usually they are not), or spend the time and money buying brand new Apple created or third party created programs, learn how to use them, and then save to their unique proprietary methods of saving files, all the data and files which are saved now on the PC. That unfortunately is simply not an option. Unfortunately for timing, after investigating those programs that claim to convert the Mac into a "Windows friendly" platform also run afoul of many issues, including the program cost is just the beginning, as now one has to purchase all new versions of the programs to run on a different computer with its new unique CD product key, not to speak of the difficulty of deciding if I go with XP which can run and share the files as they are, or the new VISTA program, which as I've explored this issue with some of the major programs I use and no longer can access right now on the PC---they say that (in typical Microsoft computerspeak) "sorry, but you may find that older programs no longer run in the VISTA environment, so new programs and files may have to be created" (that sentence is a simplified compilation of the programs that I've investigated..... The simplest one to show you this on is the fact I'm a WordPerfect User in a "Word" world. Even the MAC I have has Microsoft's version of Office on it with their terrible Word program on it. Fortunately for me, WordPerfect realizes this is the issue and creates keys that allow one to change the way a file is saved so that those people with Word, or a dozen other word-processing systems can read and correct those files. Unfortunately, that does it for WordPerfect as the other companies I use and have used for years through many versions on the Windows based systems, do not care if their programs would be readable by people using similar systems on a Mac.
But enough about why I still cling to the PC.
You brought up interesting points that I didn't stop to think about when I went searching for AV software that would check up on the Windows based CD for malware, spyware, and viruses. I've installed CD's from reputable companies that have had "issues" where people do insert such spyware etc unknowing to the top bosses into their production of the CD's in order to create havoc and upset the end user. Of course normal AV software on my PC has removed those programs for years. My difficulty is clear now, that I cannot use the older versions of the software as they do not install on my machine anymore with the "larger" Hard Drives and it detects that and refuses to scan for it....which takes care of the pre 2006 versions of the AV software.... Post 2006, AV software, must be "activated" using the internet and updated frequently else the AV software shuts down as a precuation against piracy. Of course turning on and connecting to the internet for even a few minutes of registration invites in to my computer a trojan horse which can do its damage before the AV software has been activated and the "Internet" scanning part of the software activated. I've discussed this problem with the software company at length and they assure me that they never thought of the problem, as most people like myself are installing "upgrades" not from "zero" so the older AV software is kept functioning until its removal is requested by the "Wizard" installing the new one, after confirmation of the CD product key allows for the installation and registration of the software.....I know I know too much details but you did respond to me as if I did not know of the detriments of having a PC and now I've explained the problems that led me to this course of action......its not the patience of a saint, but the business (education) that I'm in and to which Apple did not have enough of a clout when they were choosing which platform will run University-wide several decades ago, so now we are stuck with Microsoft whether we like it or not!
Back to the AV problem and thanks for pointing out that without the ability to download the program into the computer for the AV program to not only check up but eliminate any malware and viruses, the CD is essentially unchanged and would have been inserted into the PC and transferred its virus to the PC (if it did have one, as even a small virus would seriously hamper my continued discussions with these companies as they are searching for a solution, and coming up empty, of course they ask: any new software or viruses, and that I have until today answered "no"....
So therefore I am between a rock and a hard place not having the ability to install a MP3 creation program into the PC, nor being able to use the latest GarageBand with the parts of the program that had "defects" (we don't call them bugs in Mac, of course Mac's don't get things like viruses or bugs I've found out over the years!)...which have been long rectified with the newer iLife and newer Tiger/Leopard operating systems. Unfortunately, that accident and lack of willing and patient people to carry the computer to where the store is located has been the cause of the delay in upgrading...until now its deadline time and too late to do anything about it....
Of course the Garage Band would be updated when I get to have Leopard installed, but as someone here already pointed out, I have to buy from a store not via mail since I would not trust myself to install something on the Mac simply because I do not have the experience installing stuff on the Mac as except for a font program MacFonts, the Mac PowerBook is essentially the way it was when purchased in 2004.
Thanks again for your patience in reading all of this background material---any suggestion from you or anyone would be appreciated as I’m forever barred from posting my question on the Windows help Forums as the price of entry is too high (another “free” installation of the Windows Genuine Advantage” program!)
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When Scan email for junk mail, or virus's is enabled, sending mail fails

When I configure mail to scan email for either junk or virus's, i get the following in my SMTP log:
Sep 6 17:44:59 eve postfix/smtp[28412]: D60C89D66D: to=<[email protected]>, relay=none, delay=0.02, delays=0.01/0/0/0, dsn=4.4.1, status=deferred (connect to 127.0.0.1[127.0.0.1]: Connection refused)
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when I run:
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3308 ?? Ss 0:01.32 clamd
3593 ?? Rs 0:03.79 clamd
I then ran amavisd, and did not get any errors at the terminal, but here are my logs
soundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module Digest::MD5 2.36
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module IO::Socket::INET6 2.51
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module MIME::Entity 5.420
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module MIME::Parser 5.420
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module MIME::Tools 5.420
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module Mail::Header 1.74
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module Mail::Internet 1.74
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module Mail::SPF::Query 1.999001
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module Mail::SpamAssassin 3.002001
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module Net::DNS 0.60
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module Net::Server 0.87
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module Time::HiRes 1.86
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module URI 1.35
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Module Unix::Syslog 0.99
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Amavis::DB code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Amavis::Cache code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: SQL base code NOT loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: SQL::Log code NOT loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: SQL::Quarantine NOT loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Lookup::SQL code NOT loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Lookup::LDAP code NOT loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: AM.PDP-in proto code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: SMTP-in proto code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Courier proto code NOT loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: SMTP-out proto code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Pipe-out proto code NOT loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: BSMTP-out proto code NOT loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Local-out proto code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: OS_Fingerprint code NOT loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: ANTI-VIRUS code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: ANTI-SPAM code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: ANTI-SPAM-SA code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Unpackers code loaded
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Found $file at /usr/bin/file
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No $dspam, not using it
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No $altermime, not using it
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Internal decoder for .mail
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Internal decoder for .asc
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Internal decoder for .uue
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Internal decoder for .hqx
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Internal decoder for .ync
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .F tried: unfreeze, freeze -d, melt, fcat
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Found decoder for .Z at /usr/bin/uncompress
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Found decoder for .gz at /usr/bin/gzip -d
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Found decoder for .bz2 at /usr/bin/bzip2 -d
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .lzo tried: lzop -d
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .rpm tried: rpm2cpio.pl, rpm2cpio
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Found decoder for .cpio at /bin/pax
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Found decoder for .tar at /bin/pax
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .deb tried: ar
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Internal decoder for .zip
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .7z tried: 7zr, 7za, 7z
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .rar tried: rar, unrar
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .arj tried: arj, unarj
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .arc tried: nomarch, arc
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .zoo tried: zoo, unzoo
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .lha tried: lha
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .cab tried: cabextract
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .tnef tried: tnef
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Internal decoder for .tnef
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: No decoder for .exe tried: rar, unrar; lha; arj, unarj
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Using primary internal av scanner code for ClamAV-clamd
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Found secondary av scanner ClamAV-clamscan at /usr/bin/clamscan
Aug 28 12:40:53 eve.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[7979]: Creating db in /var/amavis/db/; BerkeleyDB 0.29, libdb 4.2
Sep 7 16:41:17 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3659]: logging initialized, log level 2, logfile: /var/log/amavis.log
Sep 7 16:41:17 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3659]: starting. /usr/bin/amavisd at mail.southsoundchristian.org amavisd-new-2.5.1 (20070531), Unicode aware
Sep 7 16:41:17 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3659]: user=, EUID: 0 (0); group=, EGID: 0 5 80 4 9 3 29 8 2 20 1 0 (0 5 80 4 9 3 29 8 2 20 1 0)
Sep 7 16:41:17 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3659]: Perl version 5.008008
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3659]: INFO: SA version: 3.2.5, 3.002005, no optional modules: DBD::mysql Mail::SpamAssassin::BayesStore::PgSQL NetAddr::IP NetAddr::IP::Util auto::NetAddr::IP::Util::inet_n2dx auto::NetAddr::IP::Util::ipv6_n2d Mail::SpamAssassin::Plugin::DKIM Razor2::Client::Agent IP::Country::Fast Mail::DKIM Mail::DKIM::Verifier Image::Info Image::Info::GIF Image::Info::JPEG Image::Info::PNG Image::Info::TIFF Mail::SPF Mail::SPF::Server Mail::SPF::Request Mail::SPF::Mech Mail::SPF::Mech::A Mail::SPF::Mech::PTR Mail::SPF::Mech::All Mail::SPF::Mech::Exists Mail::SPF::Mech::IP4 Mail::SPF::Mech::IP6 Mail::SPF::Mech::Include Mail::SPF::Mech::MX Mail::SPF::Mod Mail::SPF::Mod::Exp Mail::SPF::Mod::Redirect Mail::SPF::SenderIPAddrMech Mail::SPF::v1::Record Mail::SPF::v2::Record Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA auto::Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA::newpublickey auto::Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA::newkey_fromparameters auto::Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA::getkeyparameters auto::Crypt::OpenSSL::RSA::importrandomseed Digest::SHA Error
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3659]: SpamControl: initprechroot done
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: Net::Server: Process Backgrounded
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: Net::Server: 2008/09/07-16:41:18 Amavis (type Net::Server::PreForkSimple) starting! pid(3661)
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: Net::Server: Binding to UNIX socket file /var/amavis/amavisd.sock using SOCK_STREAM
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: Net::Server: Binding to TCP port 10024 on host 127.0.0.1
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: Net::Server: Binding to TCP port 10026 on host 127.0.0.1
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: Net::Server: Setting gid to "83 83"
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: Net::Server: Setting uid to "83"
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: (!!)FATAL: It is possible to change EUID from 83 to root, ABORTING!
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: (!!)FATAL: Please use the most recent Net::Server
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: (!!)FATAL: or start as non-root, e.g. by su(1) or using option -u user
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: (!!)TROUBLE in preloophook: SECURITY PROBLEM, ABORTING at /usr/bin/amavisd line 7763.
Sep 7 16:41:18 mail.southsoundchristian.org /usr/bin/amavisd[3661]: (!)_DIE: Suicide () TROUBLE in preloophook: SECURITY PROBLEM, ABORTING at /usr/bin/amavisd line 7763.\n
eve.southsoundchristian.org and mail.southsoundchristian.org are the same server, with different NICs and IPs
I was thinking about upgrading to amavisd-new I found a tutorial at http://osx.topicdesk.com/content/view/138/41/
Do think that may help?
I did update clamd after my first post on this, and it looks like clamd is running, just nothing else.
Thanks

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Mac users often ask whether they should install "anti-virus" software. The answer usually given on ASC is "no." The answer is right, but it may give the wrong impression that there is no threat from what are loosely called "viruses." There is a threat, and you need to educate yourself about it.
1. 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 log in to it remotely. That threat is in a different category, and there's no easy way to defend against it.
The comment is long because the issue is complex. The key points are in sections 5, 6, and 10.
OS X now implements three layers of built-in protection specifically against malware, not counting runtime protections such as execute disable, sandboxing, system library randomization, and address space layout randomization that may also guard against other kinds of exploits.
2. 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.
3. Starting with OS X 10.7.5, there has been a second layer of built-in malware protection, designated "Gatekeeper" 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 necessarily been tested by Apple, 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 get control of a code-signing certificate under false pretenses, or could simply ignore the consequences of distributing codesigned malware.
☞ An App Store developer could find a way to bypass Apple's oversight, or the oversight could fail due to human error.
Apple has so far failed to revoke the codesigning certificates of some known abusers, thereby diluting the value of Gatekeeper and the Developer ID program. These failures 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.
4. 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 when you update the OS. It checks for, and removes, malware that may have evaded the other protections via a Java exploit (see below.) MRT also runs when you install or update the Apple-supplied Java runtime (but not the Oracle runtime.) Like XProtect, MRT is effective against known threats, but not against unknown ones. It notifies you if it finds malware, but otherwise there's no user interface to MRT.
5. 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, and a technological fix is not 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 "Trojan horses," 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 the scam artists. If you're smarter than they think you are, you'll win. That means, in practice, 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 of any kind is distributed via BitTorrent, or Usenet, or on a website that also distributes pirated music or movies.
☞ 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.
☞ Rogue websites such as Softonic and CNET Download 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.
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. (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 file 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.
6. 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, on the client. 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, disable it—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, enable Java only for that 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 lock icon in the address bar with the abbreviation "https" when visiting a secure site.
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.
7. Never install any commercial "anti-virus" (AV) or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they are all worse than useless. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use one of the free security apps in the Mac App Store—nothing else.
Why shouldn't you use commercial 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 proven failure, as a major AV software vendor has admitted. 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.
☞ Its design is 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 weaknesses that could be exploited by malware attackers.
☞ Most importantly, a false sense of security is dangerous.
8. An AV product from the App Store, such as "ClamXav," has the same drawback as the commercial suites of being always out of date, but it does not inject low-level code into the operating system. That doesn't mean it's entirely harmless. It may report email messages that have "phishing" links in the body, or Windows malware in attachments, as infected files, and offer to delete or move them. Doing so will corrupt the Mail database. The messages should be deleted from within the Mail application.
An AV app is not needed, and cannot 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 everyemail attachment until proven otherwise. Nevertheless, ClamXav or a similar product from the App Store may serve a purpose if it satisfies an ill-informed network administrator who says you must run some kind of AV application. It's free and it won't handicap the system.
The ClamXav developer won't try to "upsell" you to a paid version of the product. Other developers may do that. Don't be upsold. For one thing, you should not pay to protect Windows users from the consequences of their choice of computing platform. For another, a paid upgrade from a free app will probably have all the disadvantages mentioned in section 7.
9. 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.
10. 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's as safe or as dangerous as you choose to make it. The greatest harm done by security 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.

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Hello AnnaY,
Welcome to the HP Forums.
I see that you are having a few issues when it comes to scanning and paper feed issue from the ADF.
I do have some troubleshooting steps that we can try in the attempt to resolve this issue.
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The next step is to click on the following link and follow the instructions for Uninstalling the Printer Software.
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If the troubleshooting does not help resolve your issue, I would then suggest calling HP's Technical Support to see about further options for you. If you are calling within North America, the number is 1-800-474-6836 and for all other regions, click here: click here.
Thanks for your time.
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Hi all,
I am trying to find some information how to implement the anti-virus scanning engine in integrated Oracle Content Manager (UCM) in WebCenter Spaces. More specifically, when a user uploading a document in the Document Manager portlet by clicking Upload button, the document is scanned by an anti-virus engine on the server before it saves to the document repository. This functionality can be found in most of the online email services such up Yahoo and Google Mail.
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I try to upload Fiori Code into SAP Netweaver Gateway server .
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Regards
Pankaj Kamble
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Hi Abraham,
Thank you very much. My problem resolved.
I have one Query Please guide me.
whenever we run Server URL from The Browser, first we must need run "chrome.exe --args --disable-web-security" command on CMD. on located directory the Chrome has installed.
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Regards,
Pankaj Kamble

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