Hello; I have always thought and been told that with mac and firewall, I've been safe. But, with only having it a week, I guess I'm not sure. Where can I get this free app? And what about avast?
On 6/25/12, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everybody; Lynne here writing from our hotel room. > > I would say a definite "Yes" when asked this question. I do, however, > disagree with Sarah's suggestion. I would advocate MacScan as your AV > utility, and PriveScan from SecureMac to protect against malware and > spyware. > > Don't ever rest on your laurels and assume that the Mac or any other OS is > 100%. I also think that, if you are able, it's worth while paying the price > for something like MacScan because the free ones are only updated about once > a month at most and that in-between times could be crucial to you. > > I don't want to be alarming here; Mac OS is not as vulnerable as Windows by > any means. All the same I wouldn't just scoff and say "I'm safe on my Mac". > > Just my tuppence-worth. > > Lynne > > On 25 Jun 2012, at 17:44, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: > > My view points have slightly changed. I used to say no not at all, but when > flash back hit this year and some others I said maybe. I'm still on maybe. I > would use sophos anti virus. It's free and the only thing that's hard to use > is the quarantine option with voice over but it is quite good. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > -- Ways to Connect with me: facebook.com/evercuriousmasteryodo twitter.com/joshg93 Skype: joshgregory93 FaceTime, iMessage and iChat: [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
