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<blockquote data-quote="BillyBoy" data-source="post: 124467"><p>Hi All,</p><p></p><p>Lost my beloved homebuilt PC to my GF who has hijacked it for video editing. Loving my new iBook G4, bought for e-mail, web-browsing and the occaisonal word processing and excel tomfoolery. </p><p></p><p>I have two questions. Both my PC and iBook share wireless access through a Linksys router. My PC has Norton antivirus which does an ok job at keeping things clean. My iBook has nothing. Is this ok? I've read aprochryphal stories about the fact that there are no viruses for Macs. I've taken those to be true... are they? Should I have something like Norton on my iBook? </p><p></p><p>Secondly, I'm sharing my iTunes directory on my PC HD with my iBook through the router. I use WPA-PSK encryption to secure the wireless network. Is file sharing a safe operation given the lack of antivirus/firewall on my iBook? Is this a back door into my PC?</p><p></p><p>Sorry if these sound a little infantile, just need some straight talking answers and thought this might be the best place for them!</p><p></p><p>Thanks in advance for the help,</p><p></p><p>BB :mac:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillyBoy, post: 124467"] Hi All, Lost my beloved homebuilt PC to my GF who has hijacked it for video editing. Loving my new iBook G4, bought for e-mail, web-browsing and the occaisonal word processing and excel tomfoolery. I have two questions. Both my PC and iBook share wireless access through a Linksys router. My PC has Norton antivirus which does an ok job at keeping things clean. My iBook has nothing. Is this ok? I've read aprochryphal stories about the fact that there are no viruses for Macs. I've taken those to be true... are they? Should I have something like Norton on my iBook? Secondly, I'm sharing my iTunes directory on my PC HD with my iBook through the router. I use WPA-PSK encryption to secure the wireless network. Is file sharing a safe operation given the lack of antivirus/firewall on my iBook? Is this a back door into my PC? Sorry if these sound a little infantile, just need some straight talking answers and thought this might be the best place for them! Thanks in advance for the help, BB :mac: [/QUOTE]
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