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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 996646" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>My personal recommendation?</p><p></p><p>I do not now, nor have I run an a-v on my Mac since I've had one and see no reason to start using one at this time.</p><p></p><p>There are currently zero viruses in the wild, zero worms in the wild and only a couple of Trojans. You are safe from those if you're not downloading illegal/pirated software.</p><p></p><p>The only good reason I see for most folks to run an a-v on their Mac 'at this time' is if you're one of those that get a bunch of what I call trash mail from friends with all kinds of "cute junk" and you tend to resend that stuff on to your other windows using friends. An a-v can help prevent passing a virus along (one that won't affect your Mac in any way).</p><p></p><p>However, installing an a-v is the first thing I do with my new Windows boxes and should be the same for them. I leave it to them to take care of their own Win machine, same as I do mine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 996646, member: 24160"] My personal recommendation? I do not now, nor have I run an a-v on my Mac since I've had one and see no reason to start using one at this time. There are currently zero viruses in the wild, zero worms in the wild and only a couple of Trojans. You are safe from those if you're not downloading illegal/pirated software. The only good reason I see for most folks to run an a-v on their Mac 'at this time' is if you're one of those that get a bunch of what I call trash mail from friends with all kinds of "cute junk" and you tend to resend that stuff on to your other windows using friends. An a-v can help prevent passing a virus along (one that won't affect your Mac in any way). However, installing an a-v is the first thing I do with my new Windows boxes and should be the same for them. I leave it to them to take care of their own Win machine, same as I do mine. [/QUOTE]
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