So, after a rather nasty brush with a potential Keylogger this morning on WoWEurope, I've been thinking about net security. Currently I'm using Comodo Firewall, Hitman Pro ( a great collection of free antispyware programs that are run all through this single one ), and AVG. I'm considering changing AVG to Avast, but it doesn't seem that much different aside from the GUI.

So anyway, what software do you use? Any recommendations?

I do not use any security software.

I find that hard to believe.

I don't. If I wasn't forced to, I wouldn't even set a password on my computer.

Not even a firewall? I suppose you can get by with no antivirus and antispyware if you're careful...

Nope. I have my firewalls disabled.

Again, hard to believe. I suppose I have no reason to not believe you though.

You have to keep in mind that he's using Windows.

So am I...?

I mean, I was saying that to Sturm.

Macs are infinitely more secure than windows, but isn't a Firewall still a good idea?

If you think you have something on your computer worth protecting, and you know what you're doing... But neither of those fits me.

Music isn't worth protecting?

I buy physical copies for a reason.

It saves having to burn it all again, is what I meant. It wasn't exactly a quick job to burn all your files back in once your last PC frazzled.

Burn? When did I burn them?

Rip. Sorry.

You're right. I still haven't finished. But no firewall would have saved me, because it was a harddrive breakdown. Essentially, only the first twenty gigabytes of eighty can be used.

I wasn't trying to imply that a Firewall would have saved you, I'm just giving of examples of even in your case, with physical copies of music, its surely worth protecting?

You don't need a firewall for that.

I know you don't. But its not necessarily NOT going to help either.

What?

Macs are less likely to catch viruses because Windows viruses affect more people, so they're much more likely to be written.

So it's really a big question whether Mac security is really superior to Windows, or it's just that there's a lack of interest in Mac.

I'm not using anything either, but if it counts, there's a firewall in my router that I never disable. Hassle opening up ports though, so every now and then I put it on the DMZ.