spyware on mac osX?
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- laurus
know any?
- vena0
by the strict definition - yes. any and all macromedia or adobe products.
- laurus0
i meant tools to avoid...
- jpea0
flash. definitely avoid on os x.
;-)
- kevinv0330
flash. definitely avoid on os x.
;-)
jpea(Jan 19 05, 11:46)
Agreed.
- tomkat0
search macupdate.com for "little snitch"
good tool.
- puter0
I dont get it-
I use Flash all the time on OS X and occasionally on my PC and don't see what all the crying is all about.
- tomkat0
If you'd have a firewall, you'd see..
- seed0
Please elaborate on how Macromedia and Adobe is spyware. Also can't you block certain ports to keep your computer from communicating with their servers?
- puter0
Maybe because I purchased the apps-
I have my internal firewall on plus a router firewall and I am working with Flash and PS as I type this.
- -sputnik-0
wow i haven't seen a vena post in ages!
:)
- jpea0
my problems have never stemmed from a firewall or anything of the sort. i just think macromedia dropped the ball when they made flash for the mac, almost to the point that it's unusable in some instances. things like a huge lag when clicking on a keyframe, or scrubbing through the timeline and not having the app respond. all this from mx, mx2k4 7.0 and 7.2 none have made it better. on a pc, none of these are issues in the slightest.
- yurimon0
Macromedia in general favors PC .
Those bastards. As for spyware.
You have to locate where the program wants to connect to and make sure you aliminate the protocal and ip in the firewall. It is getting more complex. before it was just delete AOM files for adobe before CS