Ever tried ClamXAV? IF so, what do you think? When I did, it seemed okay to me: but, I could never be quite sure that it was monitoring my incoming e-mails or really protecting anything.
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Dec 11, 2013, at 3:35 PM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I do not use security software. Using good judgement and common > sense is your best tool here. You will not find security suites in the app > store because these intigrate in to your system, and Apple does not allow > apps that do this in the store. I think the major security suite vendors, > kaspersky, mcafee, etc. have software for the mac. Not sure how accessible it > is, but I have no plans to try any of those on my systems. Sometimes this > kind of software actually is overprotective and causes more problems than it > solves. > Original message: > >> Dear List I can’t find full spectrum security software in the aps store. I >> know that the consensus is that you don’t need any,but I have heard that the >> apple in built firewall is actually less strong than the windows firewall, >> and on windows they still suggest you don’t rely on it. Is everyone using >> there macs without security software? There are some free programs in the ap >> store, but clamsav only works when you are scanning and I’d like to keep the >> stuff off my machine in the first place, not go scanning for it once it is >> there. I can’t find Sophos in the ap store. Can anybody recommend any >> accessible security software which doesnt degrade performance? > >> Many Thanks, Lee > >> -- >> 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 >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out >> <https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out>. > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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/groups/opt_out.
