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#1
March 30th, 2004, 03:16 AM
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| virus utlity for mac? Just got my 1.8 dual G5 and wondered what others have for virus utilities. I understand that .Mac has Virex, what are the opinions of that program? I do have an old bondi imac but have never used virus protection for it. Is there a real threat to Macs or have I just been real fortunate? Thanks.  |
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March 30th, 2004, 03:43 AM
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| What is virus ? never heard of that program :P well if u really need virus protection these are some u might wanna look at : Norton AntiVirus 9.0 ( Symantec ) Virex ( McAfee ) ive actually got a lot of viruses on my mac the last months, only problem is they were all in exe or vbs 
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#4
March 30th, 2004, 03:49 AM
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| Virus protection isn't a bad idea (check multiple threads on the subject) if you deal with file exchanges with PC programs. Your Mac could be a carrier and could pass on a virus, even if it doesn't impact you. That said, it is a low priority for most. (I use .mac's Virex).
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March 30th, 2004, 03:55 AM
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| ive never actually used that virex thats included with .mac do i need to install some program i DL from .mac ? ive also heard virus utilites really slow the computer down Any thoughts ?
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March 30th, 2004, 04:09 AM
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| If you go to your .Mac site, just look down the menu list and click on Virex for all the info. It'll be a little slow when it's actually searching as there are thousands and thousands of files to be searched. Once you've done that, things as normal. PCs tend to be slower.
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#7
March 30th, 2004, 10:31 AM
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| Norton generally causes more problems than it solves on a mac. So if you want a virus protection program, go for Virex.
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#8
March 30th, 2004, 11:19 AM
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| I had no trouble with the retail copy of Norton Antivirus 9. Had to test it out before recommending it to a company I was dealing with that was passing on infected files to clients PCs. Of course, the files had no impact on their Mac systems, but it made dealing with other people a pain in the neck. So, like others have said, if you don't deal with PC users, you don't need to worry about it too much, though you never know when someone will write some nasty virus for Mac OS X just to prove a point. The problem with Virex I found is that 1) it only comes with a .Mac account, 2) you have to manually scan stuff. VirusBarrier wouldn't let me connect to my PC shares for some reason. Sophos is cool, but is geared towards large corporations. Norton (with the updated Panther UnInstaller) worked very well. Any program that you have running in the background all the time will use memory, so if you don't have a lot of memory, you will probably notice it. |
