Mac OS X-Virus?


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Okay i dont get it. Mac says don't have virus and yet they have the new anti-virus Norton for Mac and ppl say u can get it. this makes NO sense... what the hell...? :blink:

Dj :cool:

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ya, it's pretty much like buying glow-in-the-dark sunglasses so that you can find them if the power goes out at night....

Norton's R & D for OS X must be pretty cheap....

of course, the day may come, God forbid it, when we need them!

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I prefer ClamAv for the Mac. It uses few resources and could do the job during the first real OSX outbreak. There really are not any OSX viruses in the wild, but you want to be prepared for the day a virus writer jumps on an exploit.

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It's only really worthwhile if you want to use your Mac as a server (mail server, file server etc) that Windows computers might connect to, so you can check for and remove viruses before your Windows machines access them.

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It's only really worthwhile if you want to use your Mac as a server (mail server, file server etc) that Windows computers might connect to, so you can check for and remove viruses before your Windows machines access them.

Exactly

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Wow did'nt think it'd make a big post.. lol True. But i heard a lot that unix OS like MAC OS X does'nt have virus. and yet Apple is saling Norton on they're site and on the "Hi i'm a Mac I'm a PC" commerical they say mac has Zero virus. Maybe they should do a survey seeing how many mac ppl actully got any virus or even usin a anti-virus for MAC. and YES NORTON ALWAYS SUCKED AND ALWAYS WELL!!!

~ Dj :cool:

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Wow did'nt think it'd make a big post.. lol True. But i heard a lot that unix OS like MAC OS X does'nt have virus. and yet Apple is saling Norton on they're site and on the "Hi i'm a Mac I'm a PC" commerical they say mac has Zero virus. Maybe they should do a survey seeing how many mac ppl actully got any virus or even usin a anti-virus for MAC. and YES NORTON ALWAYS SUCKED AND ALWAYS WELL!!!

~ Dj :cool:

Do you type with your elbows?

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My department provides Symantec and Norton for any student who wants it and it's amazing how some people just have to have an AV on the Mac, I tell them there are no viruses and it just doesn't really sink in for some reason, because they usually just ramble on about needing to be protected (from....?).

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They have it because PC users are so used to having anti-virus software, if they switch to Apple they see it and think "oh yeah I need to make sure I don't get any viruses on my new Mac, gotta get this" :pinch:

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