The best spyware/virus protection is a smart user that does not click on everything. The second best is to have OS X. Unlike XP the user does not have administration rights and thus it is harder to infect the system in a permanent way. And unlike vista the user is not asked to confirm to raise the privilige of a whatever program todo whatever. Outlook for mac share calendar. In vista it is not possible to see which program wants to have the raised priviliged and what it will do with that.

Of course there still might be some suspicious software for the Mac, but it mostly requires the user todo something stupid. And as the Mac is not so popular yet it is not such a good target for hackers. It might help to switch on the firewall so that not yet known bugs in a service of OS X can not be exploited so easily.

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Of course you still need all the fancy protection stuff for your bootcamp. Don't bother with anti-virus/spyware software on OS X. Just apply common sense and capitalise on OS X's built in security features. By this, I mean. • Switch on the OS X Firewall (and be as stealthy as you can). • Implement a sensible backup strategy.

How long does a mac last for. • Set your browser to not automatically open files that you download. • Keep OS X and your apps up to date.

• If you have a wireless network, use WPA (or WPA2) encryption. Activate your router's firewall (if it has one), and change its default passwords. • Don't trust strange networks. • Take care with your passwords and personal info. Try not to use the same password for everything. Don't let your browser store your passwords. • Ignore emails that pretend to be from eBay, PayPal, sexy collage students, off-shore pharmacies, your bank or the exiled 3rd in line to the throne of an oil-rich region of Uganda.

• Don't click on the fart button. • Stick to your sensible backup strategy. • Make sure any Windows installations you are close to are suitably malware-protected.

• Keep an eye on macrumors.com. If there's a real security threat doing the rounds, you'll probably hear about it here pretty sharpish.

All that might sound obvious, but I'm amazed at the number of people (mainly Windows users) who think they're 100% safe from any kind of mishap just because they've got Norton or McAfee installed. You don't need AV on OS X. Really, really, really. I take it you're referring to removing little snitch. Run the activity monitor apple utility and kill the following processes: Little Snitch UIAgent Little Snitch Netowrk Monitor LIttle Snitch La Those are the 3 that are running on my computer right now. Next run spotlight and drag the little snitch folders and programs that comes up to the trash. Make sure not to drag anything that doesn't say little snitch!

I think it's command & spacebar to pull up spotlight. I've changed mine to option+command & spacebar so I can't remember the default keys. A better solution for someone who's unsure of what to do would probably be to download appzapper. It's a pretty easy to use program. Just run app zapper and then go to your applications folder and drag the program you want to delete to the appzaper target box.

You'll get a list of related files and a confirmation to send them to the trash. Hope that helps more than it could of confused you!