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Best Anti-Virus Program for Mac?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sherman Homan" data-source="post: 628976" data-attributes="member: 22094"><p>Mac'sBack, I appreciate the concern about viruses, however, none of the anti-virus packages for OS X protect against viruses. There are none. Your quote is interesting in that it mentions MS Office macro viruses, but they don't execute on a Mac. </p><p>It is theoretically possible for an infected PC to send a MS Office macro to a Mac and then the Mac user send it to another PC user, but that requires an unprotected PC sending the virus and an unprotected PC receiving the virus. Installing an anti-virus package does nothing except satisfy the requirements of a company's IT policies and eat processor cycles. </p><p>As louishen mentioned, ClamX is a good choice for that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sherman Homan, post: 628976, member: 22094"] Mac'sBack, I appreciate the concern about viruses, however, none of the anti-virus packages for OS X protect against viruses. There are none. Your quote is interesting in that it mentions MS Office macro viruses, but they don't execute on a Mac. It is theoretically possible for an infected PC to send a MS Office macro to a Mac and then the Mac user send it to another PC user, but that requires an unprotected PC sending the virus and an unprotected PC receiving the virus. Installing an anti-virus package does nothing except satisfy the requirements of a company's IT policies and eat processor cycles. As louishen mentioned, ClamX is a good choice for that. [/QUOTE]
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