HI Peter, If it makes you feel any better about Windoze they are working as fast as their buggy little legs will carry them to copy OS X. Word is that Windows 8 will be getting rid of the start button and moving entirely to whatever it is that they call their copy of Dock -- task bar I think it is. As Bertrand Serlet said at Apple's 2006 World Wide Developers Converence after announcing Tiger, "Redmond, start your photocopiers". :-)
Regards, Carlo On 30/06/2012, at 15:46 , Curtis Peter wrote: > Hi Shayne (and others) > I've never used a windoze machine except for the last couple of years running > OzieExplorer which cannot be run on a Mac, and is the only reason I'm running > Paralells. It saves having an additional machine around. I had unsuccessfully > tried the older virtual programs (Virtual PC) but they were too slow and > cumbersome. > I started using Mac in 1982 on an Apple 111! It cost me $5000 and didn't even > have a hard drive, plus I had to buy an additional drive to save swapping > 5.25 program and data floppy disks. > If windoze users think it's hard swapping to a Mac you aught to try the other > way round, Mac to Windoze! It's horrific. You keep looking for the intuitive > way of doing things and there just aint any. Right from the beginning where > you have to go to start to actually finish or shut down. Makes sense doesn't > it? > Anyway, back to the present, I did download AVG and tried that but the > Windows Security Essentials sounded better to me so I've wiped AVG and > downloaded the Essentials to give it a go. > Much thanks to all in sundry for their informative suggestions and comments. > Regards > Peter > > On 29/06/2012, at 10:17 PM, S Beach wrote: > >> Hi Peter >> >> I've used and serviced Windows computers for many years and may have even >> serviced yours just at the time you were switching to Mac. >> I've used AVG in the past and got sick of lots of questions and pop-ups and >> buy-me messages. I have also used Nortons in the past and while my >> experience was ok they seemed to add more unnecessary features each >> release. They may have trimmed back a bit now -i dont know. >> When I use Windows now in VMware and other pc's I use the free antivirus >> program from Microsoft called Windows Security Essentials. >> Surprise surprise it has been given good reviews. It works effectively, >> doesn't seem to slow the computer down and doesn't annoy you. >> Best of all it works seemlessly with the built in Windows firewall and >> doesn't ask you stupid questions that it you dont have a clue how to answer >> and it should be able to answer itself. >> >> And yes every windows installation, physical or virtual, must have >> antivirus software installed and running at all times. >> >> Those questions are easily answered... But from my reading of your email it >> seems you are asking about antivirus for Mac. >> Now there's a question that I don't know the answer to & it seems few >> people want to face up too but I fear we may all have too perhaps sooner >> rather than later. I read an article a while back that convinced me I >> should find some sort of antivirus app for my Mac. I added it to my to-do >> list. Sigh. Do I too have a (perhaps) false sense of security? >> >> Anyway the cynic in me suspects that parallels gets a commission for every >> Kaspersky sale it refers. Not possible surely! :-) I wouldn't necessarily >> rush to them anyway. I would be looking for objective reviews and >> comparisons on tech sites etc... if objective reviews still exist in a >> world of referral commisions & affiliate marketing. >> >> Sorry I can't be more help on this front. >> >> Regards >> Shayne >> >> >> On Friday, June 29, 2012, Tim Law wrote: >> >>> Hi Peter, >>> >>> I get that annoying Kaperski pop up too and have often wondered the same >>> thing as you. >>> >>> I ended up buying a family licence for Nortons as others in my family, >>> sigh - failed parenting I know - have those other machines, and Nortons >>> seems to work okay. I don't use Windows in Parrallels very often, but let >>> it go through all it's updates as it wants each time I start up to avoid >>> nasties getting in and have not had any problems with it so far. >>> >>> I take Ronni's point that another app may be kinder on VM resources and >>> will look at avg when Nortons want to take money from me again. >>> >>> I'd be interested in others experiences of Kasperky too, in particular if >>> it is recommended by Parrallels, I'd be hoping it was A) effective >>> antivirus, and B) not resource hungry. I'm like you, I'd not heard of it >>> before and have a general distrust of annoying pop ups. >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> >>> >>> On 29/06/2012, at 11:16 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Peter, >>>> >>>> I run Windows 7 Ultimate in Parallels Desktop 7. Have used Parallels >>> since version 5 I think. >>>> It is a very good program. I only have Windows installed on my MBP to >>> show clients that they can run Windows on a Mac :-) >>>> So I really don't use Windows 7 much at all... >>>> >>>> On 29/06/2012, at 9:56 AM, Curtis Peter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> I'm in the process of loading Parallels which I bought from the last >>> June MacUpdate Bundle (thanks Daniel) Parallels are recommending Kaspersky >>> Anti Virus for Mac and as Parallels is for Windoze I am a little concerned! >>>>> Should I worry about virus's with Parallels generally? >>>> >>>> You should install Anti-Virus protection in Windows on any computer and >>> that includes when you have Windows installed in Parallels. >>>> You can get a Windows virus on your Virtual Machine. >>>> >>>> A full install of the Parallels Desktop Tools opens up access to the Mac >>> disc drives. >>>> Although a Windows virus would not infect the Mac environment via >>> Parallels, it is possible that using an infected Windows Word to edit a >>> Word doc on the Mac would definitely lead to a Macro virus infection of >>> .doc files on the Mac. >>>> Sharing such a file with your correspondents would send them the virus, >>> and they would then be infected. >>>> >>>>> Should I have an anti virus program? >>>> >>>> Most definitely >>>> >>>>> Should I use Kaspersky Anti Virus? >>>> >>>> I seem to remember having problems after I installed Kaspersky Anti >>> Virus and I had to uninstall it. >>>> I think it was to do with Kaspersky's Firewall causing problems. If I >>> find my notes I'll post more. >>>> >>>>> Or is there some other recommended anti virus program? >>>> >>>> I find AVG Anti-Virus does a very good job. >>>> AVG Antivirus - it uses less VM resources, has good reviews and best of >>> all, it's FREE!!!! >>>> <http://free.avg.com/ww-en/free-antivirus-download> >>>> >>>> People who use Windows in Parallels for work might suggest other Virus >>> Protection programs. >>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Peter >>>>> p.s. There's my annual subs repaid for this year :) >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> >>>> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" >>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD >>>> >>>> OS X 10.7.4 Lion >>>> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - < >>> http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - < >>> http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
