Seanrobrien wrote:
I have read of people paying for the application and having issues with it still expiring to the 3 hr demo. How would Norton Firewall compare with Little Snitch?
You can restart LS after the timeout. I am still "evaluating" it. I find it very useful.
It's not a firewall, per se, but requires human intervention to understand what is happening.
I would never recommend Norton anything for a Mac. I tossed out all my Norton junk on my 2 PCs late last year after giving up with their terrible support (read none) and even then, when I removed it, it took out the only good product I had from them, Ghost.
Uninstalling a Norton product is a bear. It leaves traces of itself all over the OS and they even make a special removal tool, which, as I discovered, removes everything of theirs. Apparently removing one of their apps in their integrated environment is impossible.
Unless you are involved in an area where threats are coming in at you constantly, LS is probably sufficient. If you want some extra protection you can install "waterroof" and get better control of the firewall.
In some instances, it's best to run the computer as a standard user rather than an admin, but that's personal preference and usually based on experience.
If you are using WiFi, use WPA, but sadly, even that has been recently hacked. 😟
