Thanks for the kewl info! I had never heard of it within my net circle. I’m in the process of checking it out. It is essentially a competitor with Little Snitch at the same price. Apparently it is also a regular firewall (as well as what I call a ‘reverse firewall’ like Little Snitch). I have to dig a little deeper to see just how effective it is at dealing with malware itself.

Oh, and very special messages to:

I) hodari: Here is a short list of operating systems in order of best proven security to worst:

1) OpenBSD
2) FreeBSD
3) Mac OS X (which incorporates aspects of both OpenBSD and FreeBSD)
4) Linux – various flavors
5) Microsoft Window, including NT, including 7ista. This is what is called ‘the bottom of the list’. AKA, you are incorrect, verifiable by anyone.

II) hylas: I think you need to get an education. Just saying…

;-Derek

[Actually it's not like that at all. If you knew how viruses work and how they're spread, and what antivirus scanners look for, you wouldn't say any of those things. There is not "denial" among Mac users, just an awareness that Macs have fewer automatic ways to install software unwittingly, more straightforward ways to remove unwanted software, fewer opportunities to spread malicious software within a huge, susceptible monoculture, and no real business model to support the development of "well written malware." But thanks for taking the time to post ignorant fear-mongering that I can use an an example of misinformation. - Dan]