Lee, I have MS Office 2004. How do I turn off MS macro support? Nora
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 17, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Nora Probasco wrote: > > I need to renew my Virus Barrier soon and they now have a new version so I > have to purchase that too. I keep hearing that Macs don't need this type of > protection. Is this true and am I wasting money renewing Virus Barrier?? > Opinions welcomed! > > > I haven't run a virus check on my Macs in this century and I don’t think > I've used one on any Mac since Disinfectant was discontinued a long time > ago. If you do need a security blanket, check out > ClamXav<http://www.clamxav.com/>. > Since it's free, it can detect no viruses a lot more inexpensively than > Virus Barrier. > > Here's part of the write-up from the ClamXav main page. > > Back in the days before OS X, the number of viruses which attacked > Macintosh users totalled somewhere between about 60 and 80. Today, the > number of viruses actively attacking OS X users is...NONE! However, this > doesn't mean we should get complacent about checking incoming email > attachments or web downloads, for two reasons. Firstly, there's no guarantee > that we Mac users will continue to enjoy the status quo, but more > importantly, the majority of the computing world use machines running MS > Windows, for which an enormous quantity of viruses exist, so we must be > vigilant in checking the files we pass on to our friends and colleagues > etc. For example, if you're a wise person and you've turned MS Office's > macro support off then you're not going to notice that virus which is hiding > inside this month's edition of Extreme Ironing.doc which your friend sent > you. If you then forward that document to a less wise person who has *not* > turned > off the macro support, then you have most likely just sent him a shiny new > Pandora's Box with a sign saying "Open this end"! > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > >
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