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Taking the plunge-going antivirus-less
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1611510"><p>Bear in mind that there is still Xprotect, an anti-malware agent built right into the OS and silently updated.</p><p></p><p>This will not protect you from manually downloading things you shouldn't and giving them your admin password for installing (at least not in the very early days of such a thing), but it will block any attempt at known malware injections. Also, if you use Flash or Java, remember to keep them bang up-to-date, as this is where a LOT of security compromises come from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1611510"] Bear in mind that there is still Xprotect, an anti-malware agent built right into the OS and silently updated. This will not protect you from manually downloading things you shouldn't and giving them your admin password for installing (at least not in the very early days of such a thing), but it will block any attempt at known malware injections. Also, if you use Flash or Java, remember to keep them bang up-to-date, as this is where a LOT of security compromises come from. [/QUOTE]
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