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I can't download RAR files from the internet
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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 1329630" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>CapitalOrange - there are no viruses for Mac - end of story. The links you posted are not to viruses. They are trojans that require the user to enter thier admin password to gain access. To quote your own links "Getting the Trojan on the victim’s machine usually requires social engineering". These are not viruses and not something that Norton (with it's windows based AV definitions) is going to resolve.</p><p></p><p>Norton is a terrible product these days both on PC and Mac. It's heavy handed and, as you can see from this thread, prevents eveyday functionality without even notifying the user. It's arguably worse than the issues it's 'supposed' to prevent.</p><p></p><p>The best protection a user you can give thier Mac is to educate themselves about which sites they are visiting, what they're downloading and when they should and shouldn't enter the admin password. In fact, further than that it's the best way to prevent issues on any platform.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 1329630, member: 38928"] CapitalOrange - there are no viruses for Mac - end of story. The links you posted are not to viruses. They are trojans that require the user to enter thier admin password to gain access. To quote your own links "Getting the Trojan on the victim’s machine usually requires social engineering". These are not viruses and not something that Norton (with it's windows based AV definitions) is going to resolve. Norton is a terrible product these days both on PC and Mac. It's heavy handed and, as you can see from this thread, prevents eveyday functionality without even notifying the user. It's arguably worse than the issues it's 'supposed' to prevent. The best protection a user you can give thier Mac is to educate themselves about which sites they are visiting, what they're downloading and when they should and shouldn't enter the admin password. In fact, further than that it's the best way to prevent issues on any platform. [/QUOTE]
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