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MacGuard may be Malware - Warning!

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Sounds realistic, this thing has been going on for years with windows systems, i havent bought antivirus protection ever and ive been using this ibook for almost 3 years.
People need to be educated about what they're doing on the Internet, what they purchase/download/subscribe to.
 
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THe social engineering way of fooling people seems to be on the up according to various news reports I have seen
 
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Interesting.

And yes, I agree with you burnsy-boy, if people are educated about what they are doing, then they will most likely be fine. I know plenty of people on Windows that don't use anti-virus and have been fine for the most part. But then again, the also Ghost their drives and reformat every month (crazy gamers! lol).
 

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