RE: antivirus software on mac

2009-08-04 Thread Simon Fogarty
I'm not sure about accessibility on a mac, but sophos antivirus is very good. It's very accessible in the windows environment and does a very good job of stopping problems. And they do have a version for the mac os. Hi all. Comming from the world of viruses, wich means windows, I wonder if

Re: antivirus software on mac

2009-08-03 Thread Mike Arrigo
I would say you don't need anti virus software, I've had my mac for over a year and have not had any problems. Of course, the best defense against that kind of thing, on any operating system really is good old fashioned common sense. On Aug 3, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: > > Hi a

Re: antivirus software on mac

2009-08-03 Thread matthew T dyer
Hi, You could use anti virius software if you wanted to, but it is really not necessary. mac is more secure then windows is for the most part. As long as you use comen sence and not open mail from people you do not know or download files you don't know whare they came from then you shou

Re: antivirus software on mac

2009-08-03 Thread Tony Bernedal
Hi Anne and all. Thanks for your answer. then it's the same as for linux wich I run on my little netbook. I don't use a lot of worddocuments so that's not a problem at the moment. Regards Tony 2009/8/3, kaare dehard : > > Hi there, I haven't found the need for one personally, but my father > use

Re: antivirus software on mac

2009-08-03 Thread kaare dehard
Hi there, I haven't found the need for one personally, but my father uses iantivirus, and I set it up for him so it is accessible. I did a google search to find it and don't have the link off hand. On 3-Aug-09, at 8:54 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: > > Hi all. > Comming from the world of viruses,

Re: antivirus software on mac

2009-08-03 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Tony, You don't need antivirus software on the Mac. Sometimes, such software can cause more problems than it solves. The only problems you might encounter are viruses in MS Word documents that you could pass on to Windows users. If you get a lot of MS Word documents as attachments to

Re: antivirus software on mac

2009-08-03 Thread Amber Duff
I hear mac is very extremely safe. I do wonder the same myself though I mean if it really the best option to just totally assume we'll never get a virus? On 3-Aug-09, at 8:54 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: > > Hi all. > Comming from the world of viruses, wich means windows, I wonder if I > need ant