I have a pc at home (as well as a Mac with windows) I've installed Avast anti virus software on both and have had no problems. Best of all, it's free:
<www.avast.com> Good luck. Wednesday, December 3, 200812:45 PMLee [EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Dec 3, at 10:51 AM, nprobasco wrote: > >> I got tired of using Norton for virus protection on my G4, and >> decided to try Clam AV which is free. Is there a better program out >> there that is cheap? I want to scan my mail messages with Clam AV >> for now. Do I just scan my mail program or is there a special file >> where the messages are kept. I am using Apple Mail. > >I assume you mean you are using ClamXav, the Mac OS X version of ClamAV. > >There is no cheaper program, and ClamAV is considered by most to be >the best of the free programs. Of the non-free programs, the consensus >this week seems to be that Intego Virus Barrier is the best. The >consensus for a long time has been that anything containing the name >Norton isn't the best. > >If you want to scan your mail messages, you should scan two subfolders >of your home Library folder: Mail and Mail Downloads. Scanning your >mail program doesn't hurt, but it does no good because none of the >mail is actually stored there. > >But, realize that this is likely a waste of CPU cycles, unless you >want to purge your mail of harmless--to the Mac--Windows viruses. >There are no known Mac viruses in the wild. There are trojans and >other types of malware, but these are, so far, easily avoided with >common sense. If you want to be somewhat more safe from such things, >I'd recommend Virus Barrier. > >I have ClamXav installed and occasionally I run it over my home >directory to see if there are any presents from my Windows >correspondents. It usually finds nothing. > >> Also, I have a Macbook Pro with the Intel chip. What is the best >> virus protection for it? I have Parallels loaded with Windows 2000. >> Any suggestions? > >The Parallels faux-disk can get infected by Windows malware. You best >bet there is to install a Windows AV program to scan the Windows >installation. > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: [email protected] >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
