Tim, I have to concur since I have not had any issues in five years. Now at work I do have a Mac and it does have an antivirus program. I believe it is NOrton, but that was not my choice. The antivirus program is a standard part of the core load, so I just ignore it. Actually I do not believe I have ever noticed it running, so might be it just scans flash drives and the like.
On Oct 31, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been watching these virus protection threads for a while and still ask > the question: > > • What makes you feel the need to have such an animal on your Mac? > > There are really no virus threats within MacOS X. There were a number of > them in OS 9 but most of you, if running Snow Leopard, don't have any OS 9 > matter on your computer anyway as Classic is no longer supported. There is > the argument that you may unintentionally pass things on as you forward > eMails from Windows users but that can be easily managed by watching what's > attached to the messages you pass on. check out this article for your own > interpretation: > > http://www.silvermac.com/2008/why-there-are-no-viruses-for-osx/ > > FYI, I haven't used a virus protection package myself since OS 9 and I don't > use them at my place of work either where we're running close to a 1000 Macs. > > Just my opinion and you can take it however you choose. > > Thanks. > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2010-10-31, at 4:47 AM, chad baker wrote: > >> Hi is there any free antivirus programs for mac? >> i tried i antivirus but found it sluggish when reading through vo was >> responding slow. >> how's clamsev? >> thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
