I tend to agree, but casual users and newbies often get into trouble by installing apps, plugins, and add-ons that, while not viruses, are deeply annoying. Virus programs tend NOT to remove those, so your browser starts offering ads, pop-up, and search results that verge on the abusive.
As a long-time Mac user, I haven't had a virus program since before OS X. But I just removed MacKeeper and related nag-ware from a fairly intelligent friend's computer. It's just a little hard to describe what NOT to do, but the basic suggestion is to avoid downloading apps that aren't in the App store, and to apply all updates from the App store, but nowhere else. If you have a bit of a nerdy side, you can play around in the rough end of the Internet; otherwise, keep your lifejacket on, and don't buy programs that promise to protect you from viruses you won't get. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
