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Author Message keavin Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1473 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 7:46 am:    anybody got any good advice on some good virus protection??? olieoliver Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1940 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 7:49 am:    I use McAfee and I haven't had a virus or spyware, EVER. OO 811952 Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1520 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 8:34 am:    Tally another vote for McAfee. I also use Malwarebytes these days to find and clean bad things. You can do a search for it at www.majorgeeks.com to download the latest version. John adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 1953 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 8:39 am:    Don't download stuff off the internet that you wouldn't want your mother to know about - lots of viruses lurking in the dark. byoung Senior Member Username: byoung Post Number: 1086 Registered: 12-2004 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 9:46 am:    I've got some advice: Use Firefox with Adblock and Noscript. Most of the threat vectors these days are email and web based, and FF + the extensions I listed should protect from the vast majority of web based ones. If you run windows, you need to have at least Windows XP SP2, and turn the windows firewall on. I don't see any need for an add-on firewall, the one included is quite serviceable. As far as antivirus goes: Trend Micro: use only if you have been recently thinking, "man, my computer is just waay too fast, and I need to slow it down. Waaaaaay down." Symantec: okay, and I've heard that the latest version (9?) is much less obtrusive (good thing!) McAfee: okay AVG: seems to not be too performance draining, plus it is free for non-commercial use. olieoliver Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1941 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 10:01 am:    I have another question. I have a MAC in my studio and although I don't use it very often for the internet and email it does have access and I have NO virus protection on it. I am fairly new to MAc OS so my question is, DO I NEED A THIRD PARTY VIRUS PROTECTION? OO flaxattack Senior Member Username: flaxattack Post Number: 2062 Registered: 4-2004 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 10:04 am:    i use firefox and norton security jas Junior Username: jas Post Number: 17 Registered: 4-2008 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 1:21 pm:    I use Macs exclusively. I have ClamXAV (free) on both machines as well as the built-in firewalls. But Macs are a lower risk ... at present. Look at versiontracker.com for Mac software, you can find plenty freeware. Jas mike1762 Intermediate Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 122 Registered: 1-2008 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 3:42 pm:    I use condoms lbpesq Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 3285 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 5:23 pm:    I tried that once, but it made the screen really blurry. Bill, tgo artswork99 Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 481 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 7:07 pm:    LOL rogueman Junior Username: rogueman Post Number: 14 Registered: 1-2006 Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 8:19 am:    Linux. Any body know the best version for music? olieoliver Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 1944 Registered: 2-2006 Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 8:23 am:    Maybe Lenux "Kravitz". (rim-shot) OO 811952 Senior Member Username: 811952 Post Number: 1521 Registered: 10-2003 Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 10:07 am:    I used Ubuntu for awhile and found good codec availability, but it's been awhile.. hankster Intermediate Member Username: hankster Post Number: 181 Registered: 6-2004 Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 6:17 pm:    You don't really need any 3p protection on a mac, unless you are concerned about receiving contaminants via email and passing them on to others via email unknowingly, by forwarding mail for example. And of course if you are using a Mac with an Intel chip and running Windows on it, you will be just as vulnerable in that mode as on any PC. Rick keavin Senior Member Username: keavin Post Number: 1474 Registered: 12-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 3:19 am:    thanks crew!!! jazzyvee Senior Member Username: jazzyvee Post Number: 1261 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 11:22 am:    When I first had my mac laptop, the store advised me to get norton/symantec anti-virus and firewall software. It slowed the computer down so much that in the end after searching the net I realised I didn't really need it. So i un-installed it and have not had any viral attacks even after getting the same emails that my windows friends have had catastrophe's with. Accepting macs are less vulnerable to virus attack, is that still the same situation for being hacked into? Are macs just as vulnerable as pc's in that respect? hankster Intermediate Member Username: hankster Post Number: 182 Registered: 6-2004 Posted on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 - 2:03 pm:    They are vulnerable, to a hacker with good knowledge of Linux and Mac OS. The highest vulnerability arises if you login as "root" and then access the internet, since it is in that file that the greatest hacker vulnerability of the system resides. But generally they are vulnerable. The biggest thing they have going for them in that regard is the relatively low number of hackers with much interest or knowledge of the Mac world.