Recently, there have been a number of programs discovered for the Mac that do Bad Things®. These programs are, in general, referred to as “Trojan Horses”. The particular trojan horse discovered recently is called “OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan.”
In this article, we’ll discuss just what these trojan horses are, how you can avoid them, and what to do if you get it.
The Mac OS X Keychain is a pretty cool thing. (No really! It is! Honest!) We talked a little about what does and what it can do in a previous article. But what do you do when things go wrong? Every once in a while, a person will end up with a repeating prompt, “Please enter your keychain password…” when you open your web browser. In this article, we’ll go through how you can take care of this and other maladies revolving the keychain.
At the moment, there are no circulating viruses for Mac OS X. That does not mean, however, that there never will be or that Mac’s are somehow immune to viruses by design. For now, we’ve been lucky enough that the virus writers haven’t targeted Macs yet.
While I do believe that OS X does offer some inherent protections from the kind of Windows viruses that are constantly showing up, anti-virus software is still a very good idea. In this article, we’ll talk about a free anti-virus program called “ClamXav” and how you can put it to work for you.
The Keychain is perhaps one of the least understood parts of Mac OS X, yet it’s something you’re using every day.
What is the Keychain?
The Keychain system came about to satisfy a problem. The people who wrote applications, such as your e-mail or your web browser, thought it would be a nice if their app would store your password or other information so you wouldn’t have to type it in each time it was needed. The problem is, how do they store it?
In this article, we’ll find out just what the keychain is and then talk about some of the neat tricks you can do with it.
