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<blockquote data-quote="fletch33" data-source="post: 855272" data-attributes="member: 32473"><p>@ squeabs</p><p></p><p>i wasnt trying to flame you but it is an overwhelming consensus on here by members with 1,000's posts and years of using macs that antivirus programs are not currently needed on macs and often do more harm then good.</p><p></p><p>it is generally hard for switchers to stop:</p><p></p><p>1. thinking they need virus protection. the placebo effect plays a big role here. i honestly dont need virus protection on my windows machines because i use common sense and have not had a windows virus is so many years that i cant even remember the one time i did get one.</p><p></p><p>2. restarting your machine. i get a kick out of a couple guys in my office that are new to mac and when they have an issue they want to restart it LOL . 99.9% of them time it is something they dont know how to do and had nothing to do with the OS acting up.</p><p></p><p>3. defragging. you dont need it. this is argued about sometimes but i have 5 machines running at home from a Mini, iMac, Macbooks, G4 tower and a few of them have been getting large files added, moved, and deleted for years and none of the 3 major defragging programs i tried made any difference on speed and in fact one of them iDefrag caused me a ton of problems on my iMac.</p><p></p><p>you should however repair permissions occasionally.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fletch33, post: 855272, member: 32473"] @ squeabs i wasnt trying to flame you but it is an overwhelming consensus on here by members with 1,000's posts and years of using macs that antivirus programs are not currently needed on macs and often do more harm then good. it is generally hard for switchers to stop: 1. thinking they need virus protection. the placebo effect plays a big role here. i honestly dont need virus protection on my windows machines because i use common sense and have not had a windows virus is so many years that i cant even remember the one time i did get one. 2. restarting your machine. i get a kick out of a couple guys in my office that are new to mac and when they have an issue they want to restart it LOL . 99.9% of them time it is something they dont know how to do and had nothing to do with the OS acting up. 3. defragging. you dont need it. this is argued about sometimes but i have 5 machines running at home from a Mini, iMac, Macbooks, G4 tower and a few of them have been getting large files added, moved, and deleted for years and none of the 3 major defragging programs i tried made any difference on speed and in fact one of them iDefrag caused me a ton of problems on my iMac. you should however repair permissions occasionally. [/QUOTE]
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