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Message Board > AV for iMac?
AV for iMac?| geek_marina_may | March 18, 2008, 12:42 pm | #1 | | AV for iMac? What/who do you suggest? |
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| | geek_dunedin_ree | March 18, 2008, 12:49 pm | #2 | | I suggest none. But if you want to pay, Sophos is OK. | | geek_gibler | March 18, 2008, 12:53 pm | #3 | | Even sophos causes more problems than it cures. Yep try none. | | geek_marina_may | March 18, 2008, 1:02 pm | #4 | | Ok thx even with internet banking etc? | | geek_dunedin_ree | March 18, 2008, 1:04 pm | #5 | | Yes There are so few Mac viruses actually out there that it usually causes more problems having AV than not having it. Make sure you keep your software updates running & up to date and you take usual precautions with internet banking (type the address in or use a bookmark that you created yourself, change password every 60 days etc). | | geek_intrade | March 18, 2008, 3:08 pm | #6 | | I have not changed my passwords since 2003 on this machine. You do want to keep the operation System up to date is all that is required. mac and linux do not require a antivirus they fix faults as soon as they get to know em. I run linux kanotix mot mac and i just dist-upgrade my system as we speake usualy if there is issues packets from security-debian show up not this time only the new skype etc is downloading :P | | geek_vtecintegra | March 18, 2008, 10:57 pm | #7 | | ... Actually Apple has been criticised for slow bug fixes. | | geek_dunedin_ree | March 18, 2008, 11:08 pm | #8 | | I meant your internet banking password. And microsoft has been criticised for slow bug fixes too ;) | | geek_barbaragreg | March 19, 2008, 1:58 pm | #9 | | Clam AV Download LCC from apple and activate
the clam AV option if you want. | | geek_thegilly | March 19, 2008, 3:10 pm | #10 | | Running AV software for Mac at this time is pretty pointless. Such software known for wasting your time with a lot of false positives, and when it does catch a virus it'll be a Windows virus. So, basically, if a Windows-using friend sends you an email with an attachment that contains a Windows virus, and you forward it on to another Windows-using friend--well, AV software for Mac will protect that second Windows-using friend. Is that worth slowing down your Mac for? The protection of others who ought to be protecting themselves? At the present time, it is almost impossible for your Mac to catch a genuine virus (unless it's running Windows, in which case OS X won't be affected). I believe there's a virus on a network of 50 Macs somewhere in Europe, but it can't manage to get itself off that network. Most Mac "viruses" that the media report like the end of the world are in fact trojans that you're sent by a total stranger, and then you have to enter your password to install them. That's not a virus, in my book. | | Leave your comment: | |
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