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| Thread ID: 67294 | 2006-03-23 21:50:00 | Mac Advice: AV, Firewall ? | Strommer (42) | Press F1 |
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| 440203 | 2006-03-23 21:50:00 | My son has an iMac, using it for uni graphic design course work. There was a time that he wisely used his old Win98 PC for email and the internet, keeping his Mac entirely offline. But now the old PC gathers dust and the Mac is online....but :horrified without any antivirus or firewall protection. My knowledge about Macs is nearly zippo, so for you Mac enthusiasts, can you recommend a good (free if possible) anti virus and firewall, perhaps similar to AVG / Avast, and ZoneAlarm (which I believe are for PCs only). Thanks. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 440204 | 2006-03-23 21:59:00 | Er, if it is running OS 9 or below (as I suspect it may be), then recommended firewall = nothing and recommended anti-virus = nothing. If it is running OS X then just use the one built into OS X, but an anti-virus is pretty much a waste of time (or use Sophos if you must). And anti-spyware recommendations = nothing. Total mac viruses detected at work = zero, Windows viruses detected in email attachments in macs = 80. |
gibler (49) | ||
| 440205 | 2006-03-24 08:02:00 | Don't worry about antivirus software, it is a waste of time. As for a firewall, just turn the one built into Mac OS X on. :) | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 440206 | 2006-03-24 21:07:00 | Thanks guys. He got the iMac last year so it probably is OS X. Will relay this info to him. | Strommer (42) | ||
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