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Anti-virus /security software that doesn't slow the computer down
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1658812"><p>Firewall is built in to OS X so you don't need to download anything, just turn it on. </p><p></p><p>If you MUST have AV (and you don't need it, there are no viruses currently in the wild for OS X, nor any known vectors by which one can be created), ClamXav is free and doesn't take any cycles because it doesn't run all the time by default. You scan when you want to. But all it will find, like the others, are Windows viruses in your emails and possibly files sent by your Windows friends.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1658812"] Firewall is built in to OS X so you don't need to download anything, just turn it on. If you MUST have AV (and you don't need it, there are no viruses currently in the wild for OS X, nor any known vectors by which one can be created), ClamXav is free and doesn't take any cycles because it doesn't run all the time by default. You scan when you want to. But all it will find, like the others, are Windows viruses in your emails and possibly files sent by your Windows friends. [/QUOTE]
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