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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1691003" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>@ <strong>Mattymac</strong> - I do not run AV software on my MBPro (and have read the link above several times, so the reasons are clear) - now in the third item in that discussion, the following is quoted below regarding exchanging files w/ Windows users (i.e. your concern) - my wife does this constantly on our iMac (all sorts of files), so I periodically will run <em>ClamXav</em> about every 6 months - I don't keep the app 'active' (not so much this one but others can be 'resource hogs' and slow down or potentially disable your computer) - just updated her computer to 10.11.2 and also updated the AV, ran the program - nothing found. Not sure what the issue is w/ the credit card but I'm sure that it can be resolved - if you REALLY want the app, then give them a call or leave an email message to their support.</p><p></p><p>NOW - in <em>PC Magazine</em> <a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405557,00.asp" target="_blank">HERE</a>, ClamXav received a rather POOR rating (in July 2015) - maybe the app has improved (since the developers now want your $$) - I don't know, but if I considered putting another AV app on my wife's computer, I would not want to run the program actively, i.e. just scan periodically; however, in your situation, you may need it always ON - a tough decision unless this is a requirement of the network used, and you have no choice but to pick 'something.' Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1691003, member: 234411"] @ [B]Mattymac[/B] - I do not run AV software on my MBPro (and have read the link above several times, so the reasons are clear) - now in the third item in that discussion, the following is quoted below regarding exchanging files w/ Windows users (i.e. your concern) - my wife does this constantly on our iMac (all sorts of files), so I periodically will run [I]ClamXav[/I] about every 6 months - I don't keep the app 'active' (not so much this one but others can be 'resource hogs' and slow down or potentially disable your computer) - just updated her computer to 10.11.2 and also updated the AV, ran the program - nothing found. Not sure what the issue is w/ the credit card but I'm sure that it can be resolved - if you REALLY want the app, then give them a call or leave an email message to their support. NOW - in [I]PC Magazine[/I] [URL="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2405557,00.asp"]HERE[/URL], ClamXav received a rather POOR rating (in July 2015) - maybe the app has improved (since the developers now want your $$) - I don't know, but if I considered putting another AV app on my wife's computer, I would not want to run the program actively, i.e. just scan periodically; however, in your situation, you may need it always ON - a tough decision unless this is a requirement of the network used, and you have no choice but to pick 'something.' Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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