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budafist
09-07-2006, 04:26 AM
Now that I have a faster connection, I'm surfing a whole lot more.
I'm now considering buying anti-virus software for my mac. There are more people now on Macs and perhasp more viruses. There are a bunch of products out there but can anyone recommend one in particular?
Any help would be great. I don't know anyone that has mac virus protection to ask...
urstwile
09-07-2006, 06:00 AM
Currently, I'm using Norton Antivirus, but I'm thinking of switching to something else. I've been kind of complacent about the virus thing, quite honestly.
doubting_thomas
09-07-2006, 05:22 PM
Any help would be great. I don't know anyone that has mac virus protection to ask...
I don't either. There aren't too many Mac viruses out there that I'm aware of. I
don't run any here, but I'm behind a pretty stout firewall. It'll be difficult for you to get
one without authenticating. I'm not saying it's impossible, but I don't think it's a big
concern like it is for Windows right now. Now that I said it tough.. *knocks on wood head*
Jackimalyn
09-07-2006, 07:04 PM
ive had my mac 2 years now... no special firewall or virus protection. I download, chat and surf. never had a problem. Guess I just like to live on the edge... lol
ecsyle
09-07-2006, 07:45 PM
This one is easy... I use OSX
Ahriman
09-07-2006, 08:21 PM
This one is easy... I use OSX
I do too (Tiger 10.4.7) and as far as Apple (http://www.apple.com/getamac/viruses.html) is concerned Macs are very safe against virus infection.
I hope they're right!
:cool:
jimking
09-07-2006, 08:51 PM
I use netbarrier not so much for a virus which it protects from but the firewall. It'll tell you when somebody is sneaking around and it will tell you were in the world they're at and their IP address.
http://www.intego.com/netbarrier/
Silence04
09-07-2006, 11:42 PM
i am totally against Virus protection on a mac... i use the pull out method.
Silence04
09-07-2006, 11:50 PM
but seriously... i wouldn't worry about it.
you will know when/if it even becomes an issue, until then you shouldn't competely bog down your system with Virus Protection software that continually runs in the background eating up your RAM and Processor on every file that is used...
jimking
09-08-2006, 12:06 AM
but seriously... i wouldn't worry about it.
you will know when/if it even becomes an issue, until then you shouldn't competely bog down your system with Virus Protection software that continually runs in the background eating up your RAM and Processor on every file that is used...
Norton is notorious for doing what you describe but netbarrier is very silent. It never bogs down at all, even when I work with video.
budafist
09-08-2006, 12:35 AM
I've had my Mac for 5 years now. I don't know what is on there really, but sometimes it will do buggy things. That's why I'm a bit worried now that I have a super fast connection that it will just suck up a bunch of things.
urstwile
09-08-2006, 03:21 AM
I don't think you have to worry too much Buda, really. It might be there are other things you need to do for your 5-year-old Mac that are causing it to act weird. Last time I encountered anything that had any impact on Mac was about 8 years ago. It's been so long I've forgotten what it was called.
I do see possible concerns for those with the Intel Macs who boot into Windows, however, but it doesn't sound like you're in that (boot)camp. :)
colonel5
09-14-2006, 02:13 PM
I've had my Mac for 5 years now. I don't know what is on there really, but sometimes it will do buggy things. That's why I'm a bit worried now that I have a super fast connection that it will just suck up a bunch of things.
Sounds like the lasting effects of post-windows user syndrome
Isn't that a relative of Stockholm Syndrome, and Battered Persons Syndrome?
budafist
09-18-2006, 02:50 AM
Hey! I try and be nice to my computer! But it is up 24/7...
urstwile
09-18-2006, 06:00 AM
When you say buggy things, Buda, what exactly do you mean? Perhaps that's something to investigate.
What operating system version do you use? I've heard that keeping the computer on 24/7 is actually a good thing when you're using OSX, as there are maintenance things that go on in the background, in the wee hours.
However, they don't happen if your computer goes into sleep mode.
budafist
09-18-2006, 06:07 AM
I have my computer going into sleep mode if it's not in use for 10 minutes or more.
I guess I don't have anything really to worry about, just stuff freezing a bit, but that happens to the best of us. I've got a new G5 at work and I'd say it's more buggy than my wee one I've got at home.
I'm on 10.4.7 nowdays.
urstwile
09-18-2006, 06:32 AM
Do you repair permissions on a regular basis? Often times that helps things a bit. It's kind of like the OSX rebuild the desktop. Sometimes installers leave behind messy bits, and the repair permissions corrects that. You can do it from Disk Utility, in your Applications>Utilities folder.
If it's going to sleep, then the nighttime repairs are not being done, and you might need a third party maintenance utility to do some of that stuff. I'll see if I can dig out the thread that mentioned that stuff, unless someone beats me to it. I use something called Tweak Freak, which does a lot of that stuff.