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Be very, very alert when someone tell you to use 'common sense'!
Be very, very alert when someone tell you to use 'common sense'!
when I mentioned Norton anti-virus being on Apple systems, I was referring to their employee-business Apple computers.
That was a good read, and has been updated to reflect the state of affairs as of the Mavericks release. I second your recommendation that anyone concerned about Malware should read it, all of it.Since the first time posters - that always seem to pop up in these threads and are almost always the only ones telling folks they "must" have an anti-virus software - many of whom, simultaneously have no real knowledge about "current" vulnerabilities and have a fallacious belief that running such software keeps them fully protected with no worries about where they go, what they download, what email attachments they open, etc...
Anyone really interested in the subject needs to have a read here.
I am quite sure I fall into at least the category of those whom he would ascribe into the category of only providing "partial" information. So, have a full read of it yourself - all links included.
You'll find:
1) a page that lists every known piece of malware that is now or has ever been found "in the wild" for OS X - up to a count of 44 currently
2) a list of categories of folks that may want to run an anti-virus
3) current testing (Jan 2014) of the major OS X anti-virus software for those that decide they do want one
Everyone should make their own "informed" decision - not one based on the scare tactics of those selling this type of software.
As for Nortons, as said they made marvellous products back in OS 7, OS 8 and OS 9 days. Disk Doctor was a must have. For OS X - no thanks.
Same for the Windows versions. But that was before super programmer and guru Peter Norton sold the company to Symantec. I still have old versions of Norton Utilities for Dos, and Windows. Also the Norton Commander, Disk Doctor, and Norton Backup. All great utilities while they were still owned by Peter Norton. After Symantec got hold of them, they turned to - well you know. ;D