hello guys...

My uncle runs a small business.We have a Mac system and Windows IBM system.I have internet connection in Windoes system and I have all the files data and everything in mac system.I am very much afraid of taking internet system in Mac.I can do Lan connection and if I disable the internet connection in mac and only when I need to share some files from IBma fetr downloading I can enable lan file sharing.will it help me??I need security,Please help me out and advise me which anti-virus or firwall protection can help me out..!!I want an immediate solution.


thanks..
rok.

Ok,then AVG and Zone alarm can save my PC.what about MAC,should I also use the same for mac also?

Securing the MAc and IBM(windows) with avg and zone alarm,is it will be ok?Am I done with enough?Now I want to set up a lan between PC and MAc and enable file sharing,but that also should be secure,so please any more suggestions,please..!!

That’s a good site that Kris mentioned and a lot of people I know use it. Of course the only 100% proof way of protecting yourself is not installing period, but that’s not really practical for most end users.   If you have a program that you are questioning, there are 3 ways that I like to implement as far as a security check.  First, is to run it through several AVs.  Second is if I can inspect the source code and if the program is small enough you can have some success in decompiling it.  The final is to install it on your isolated lab machine that’s has common apps like office installed and monitor it from another box inside the network. Its important to monitor it from another box not just look at it from inside the box, (think outside the box, lol) because rootkits can fool the host OS but not a separate machine on the network. You should do both actually and tripwire still has value here as far as an inside the box.   Did a port open up suddenly, etc… Now even this is not 100% perfect because a program can be coded to open on a certain event or even a future date, so hopefully inspecting the code helps to reveal this.  Of course this process is cumbersome, but what the payoff is for us is when we do catch something and it’s well done. Being able to monitor and dissect it can pay off in dividends in the end.

Get an old box and throw a linux distro as a firewall. Then put an AV on each system. Theres a basic security system.