[Hidden-tech] Windows security 101 (for Mac users)

Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com
Tue Jan 9 02:04:49 EST 2007


At Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:01:55 -0500 David Spound <dspound at mac.com> wrote:

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> This botnet discussion reminds me that I need to install some protective
> software for my new Windows XP installation running (very nicely) in
> Parallels on my MacBook Pro.
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> I am using Windows mainly for web access.  I am trying to use Firefox as

Why use MS-Windows for web access?  Firefox (and Safari) are available
under MacOSX.

> much as possible. No Microsoft Office or Outlook for now, although I do rule
> out a future purchase of the new version of Office. I might occasionally
> access email through a web browser. I use safe computing techniques (no
> clicking on ads, no opening attachments that I am not certain about, etc.)
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> Please tell me what I need to buy in order to protect this installation of
> Windows from viruses, spyware, etc. I have read some negative reviews of
> Norton Antivirus.

The only real reason to bother with running a MS-Windows emulator or
virtual machine would be to run MS-Windows only applications.  Web
surfing, office stuff (word processing, etc.), E-Mail, etc. can and
should be done with native MacOSX applications.

The *best* way to protect your Windows XP installation running in
Parallels would be to completely disable any network access, except a
virtual 'LAN' connection to the MacOSX host system (I'm assuming that
Parallels works much like VMWare and creates a 'virtual' network
card between the virtual machine and the host system and uses that to
allow the virtual machine 'talk' to the host system).

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