The Mac Experience in Business & Home: Help, Tips, Discussion & Radio Show Notes

Thanks to Rod who e-mailed us with a question tonight from his .Mac account.

“Is there anti spyware for Mac’s availble? I have a 1.67GHz G4 17″Powerbook. The firewall in the Mac OS X 10.4.6 is turned on. Any other suggestions for mac security would be appreciated. ”

While anti-spyware isn’t yet needed for your Mac, there’s plenty you can do to secure your Mac. To start, if you’re using Apple Mail, and have a $99/year .Mac account like Rod, securing your e-mail from potential prying eyes at public wireless access points, and elsewhere, is fairly straight-forward.

Here are the three steps:

1. Go to your Preferences…

2. Select the check box next to Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)…

3. Choose the Advanced tab next to Account Information and Mailbox Behaviors. Select the check box next to Use SSL near the bottom of the window…

Save your changes when you close your preferences window, and, you’re Mail is now secure! At least thru .Mac.

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