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To: Swordmaker
What do most Mac users run as anti-virus software?
6 posted on 02/23/2006 7:20:10 PM PST by tubebender (Everything I know about computers I learned on Free Republic...)
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To: tubebender
What do most Mac users run as anti-virus software?

Mac OS X. ;-)

Honestly, I haven't had an anti-virus program since they stopped development on Disinfectant.

7 posted on 02/23/2006 7:32:29 PM PST by mwyounce
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I used the anti-virus that came with .Mac until they quit supporting it. It caught a few pages that had Windows malware, but nothing that would affect the Mac system. I keep the firewall up, don't surf for porn (which, if I understand correctly, is where a BUNCH of the web page malware is located), and have declined to assist any Nigerian princes in moving their money to the US. I also don't run in Administrator mode, and never install ANYTHING that asks for a password, unless it's from a trusted source. It's worked so far.


8 posted on 02/23/2006 7:56:12 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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Literally almost nothing. I believe OS X Server ships with ClamAV, but that's more a precaution than a necessity. Norton is available for OS X, but as there are no OS X viruses, it's unnecessary.

Installing a virus scanner will give you peace of mind, I suppose, but it's still not necessary on a regular OS X install.


9 posted on 02/23/2006 10:27:24 PM PST by Terpfen (72-25: The Democrats mounted a failibuster!)
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