>My funds are limited but I do need to be protected.
I think my question is "Why?" I stopped running an anti-virus program around Disinfectant 1.1 in 1986, when I decided it was a total waste of time. I have a Norton Anti-Virus which came with Norton SystemWorks I got about four years ago, and I've yet to even run it from the CD, let alone install it. My Macs have practiced unsafe sex for going on 18 years, and knock wood, nothing has ever happened! I read a white paper dated 1998 where the statistics were something like total known viruses for the MacOS since its inception in 1984 were 50 TOTAL and for Windoze it was something like 10,000 per month (I forget the exact Windows number, but one gets the idea!) It is easy to get paranoid listening to your Windoze friends, but it is unlikely Macs are in any danger. I've read the Apple Discussion boards for years now, and the most knowledgeable regular posters also echo this position: they have anti virus software, and MAYBE they run it once a year or so. However, things may change somewhat as the UNIX-based OS X (instead of the traditional MacOS) becomes more prevalent. Although I personally am not using OS X, I did recently read that the first OS X Trojan Horse was discovered May 10, 2004. I don't know anything more about it, but here is the URL which references the report: http://www.intego.com/news/pr42.html ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
