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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Study" data-source="post: 524152" data-attributes="member: 3889"><p>Defrag info on this board can be found <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=474989&postcount=6" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=444562&postcount=4" target="_blank"><strong>and here</strong></a>, two of numerous posts on the subject.</p><p></p><p>Macs don't have a register, so the problem doesn't exist.Make sure your browser's popup control is set to off. A couple of security-check sites are <a href="http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym" target="_blank"><strong> here</strong></a> and <a href="https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2" target="_blank"><strong>here</strong></a>. Use them with the firewall turned on, then turned off (if you aren't using a router). <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23835&page=1" target="_blank"><strong>This link</strong></a> is to The Official Mac AntiVirus and Firewall FAQ in the Switcher Forum, but there's firewall info starting at <strong>Post 96</strong> <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=509330#post509330" target="_blank"><strong>on this page</strong></a>. It's worth reading the entire thread — and all the FAQ threads.</p><p></p><p>Quick and dirty: There are NO Mac viruses, and any Mac anti-virus program looks for Windows viruses only, useful only if your machine is on a network that includes Windows machines that don't have their own anti-virus apps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Study, post: 524152, member: 3889"] Defrag info on this board can be found [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=474989&postcount=6"][B]here[/B][/URL], [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showpost.php?p=444562&postcount=4"][B]and here[/B][/URL], two of numerous posts on the subject. Macs don't have a register, so the problem doesn't exist.Make sure your browser's popup control is set to off. A couple of security-check sites are [URL="http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?langid=ie&venid=sym"][B] here[/B][/URL] and [URL="https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2"][B]here[/B][/URL]. Use them with the firewall turned on, then turned off (if you aren't using a router). [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23835&page=1"][B]This link[/B][/URL] is to The Official Mac AntiVirus and Firewall FAQ in the Switcher Forum, but there's firewall info starting at [B]Post 96[/B] [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=509330#post509330"][B]on this page[/B][/URL]. It's worth reading the entire thread — and all the FAQ threads. Quick and dirty: There are NO Mac viruses, and any Mac anti-virus program looks for Windows viruses only, useful only if your machine is on a network that includes Windows machines that don't have their own anti-virus apps. [/QUOTE]
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