I wasn't aware that AOL had an antivirus product for the mac. CB
Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > Hello; I use iantivirus because its free. They have a paid version > you can upgrade to, but I haven't felt the need or had the funds in > the budget. There aren't any free trials of sematics any more. You > have 30 days to request your money back. I've never been a fan of > norton. I don't know anything about aol's product, but if I were > going to pay for one; I'd get semantic. Hope that helps, Max > On Aug 19, 2009, at 4:02 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> I'm sure this discussion has appeared on this list many times before >> <smile>, well its appeared in our local newspaper this morning in the >> "Mac man" computer column. >> >> It would appear the problem lies in "spreading" of a virus with a Mac >> machine rather than having your Mac machine "Infected" by a virus. >> To illustrate the point even further take Swine flue, the pig - >> whilst passing the virus on as a carrier - is not infected nor will >> he infect humans who eat his pork or bacon. The human on the other >> hand may become infected by swine flue from the pig or other humans, >> put the human in the position of the Windows computer and the Pig in >> the position of the Mac and whilst you'll acknowledge that the >> problem may not be as severe with the Pig or the Mac it nevertheless >> is a problem that is best dealt with to prevent the virus spreading. >> >> Several "Anti Virus" applications exist for the Mac, Symantec's Anti >> Virus for Mac got a mention but I've not been able to find a trial >> copy of this, does anyone else know of any other Anti Virus packages >> or is anyone else using an Anti Virus package for the Mac. >> >> If people are interested in the Article then it will be up on "My >> Sendspace" shortly for download, I'll post the link here. >> >> >> >> ****************************** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> From Melton Victoria Australia >> mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net <mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net> >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane >> blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com >> Phone United Kingdom >> 02032874641 >> Phone Australia >> 0390058589 >> Phone United States >> 8159261869 >> Fax: >> +61 3 9743 7954x >> MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net <mailto:grtd...@dane-trethowan.net> >> skype:grtdane12 >> >> ****************************** >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
