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Antivirus Software

Avatar John Marriott
Just seen an advert for iantivirus software (Macformat). Has anyone had any problems with this beta version?
Thinking of installing it, should I be waiting for a newer version before I install Beta version?
John Marriott

Re: Antivirus Software

Avatar Lionel Ogden
Have you had a look at ClamxAV a shareware virus checker for mac. See Version tracker. As many will tell you you do not need virus checking for the Mac yet, but as a courtesy for your non mac friends, you like to be sure you are not sending anything nasty to them in a forwarded e-mail. ClamX can be set to scan any folder you like. I have it set to scan my download folder.

Re: Antivirus Software

Avatar Eleanor Spenceley
There are a couple of very interesting articles on the goings on in Windows Malware at
http://rixstep.com/2/20080819,00.shtml

Be afraid, be very afraid... if you're a Windows user that is. ;-)

Re: Antivirus Software

Avatar John Marriott
In that case Martin thank goodness I am not a Windows user.
I have ClamxAV on my mac G4 and it seems to be running very well. I just wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this iantivirus application as shown in Macformat!!

Re: Antivirus Software

Avatar Mark Ford
Is that the free one reviewed on p60 John? I guess so.
I notice in the Top features panel it suggests that "... you may want to turn it off when you are backing up your Mac".
This seems to be a problem if Time Machine is set to get on with backups automatically - or is it?

A related question: If I install some version of Windows can I keep it totally off line and avoid the fear?

Re: Antivirus Software

Avatar Rodney May
I've had Windows XP installed on my mac for some time now purely to update data on my sat-nav, not one bit of trouble of any kind ,yet.To install Windows XP 32 Gb was separated from the hard-drive, so unless you open it for whatever I guess you shouldn't get any problems, but on reflection why would one want to install never to use it?
 
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