I am not sure that the Mac version of Norton are able to detect the
PC versions of virus that might exist in email for example.
Greg
On May 6, 2007, at 09:32 , Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote:
It's not a racket. Even if Macs were virus-proof, anti-virus
software would still help mac-users spreading viruses to Windows-
using peers. Good anti-virus software should also catch some macro
viruses in Microsoft Office documents, which I think can affect Macs.
--
Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Greg Kearney wrote:
I always thought that writing anti-virus software for an OS with
no known virus was a racket. Also wouldn't it serve Norton and the
other such makers of software to "report" a virus from time to
time if for no other reason than to make sure you keep buying the
subscriptions?
Greg
On May 6, 2007, at 09:14 , Access Curmudgeon wrote:
May I just set the records strait here. I know Geraldine very
very well, and she is not in the habbit of writing spam mail.
Maybe, but she has mistaken a false positive from her anti virus
software.
There is maleware available for OS X, but there are no viruses.
That
is, there is no OS X maleware that self-replicates without active
end-user collaboration.
The fact that less than companies will sell you quote antivirus
unquote software just demonstrates their lack of honesty. Would you
buy software that supposedly protected your computer from dinosaurs
and dragons?
Now maybe someday some how someone will create a true OS X
virus. And
maybe people with Norton OS X antivirus will be in better shape than
those of us without it. But I doubt it. Given that Norton is
happen
to sell people false promises now, they don't inspire me with much
confidence.
Greg Kearney
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