Hi Ronni and Severin, Thanks for your replies.
Ronni, I'll follow your advice and leave things as they are as I am not having any problems. However, I am keeping your comments for future reference. Thanks again, Walter On 20.08.2012, at 13:00, Ronda Brown wrote: > Hi Walter, > > The best anti virus for your MAC is your MAC OS. > There are no known viruses for MAC. Trojans and malware are not viruses. > Follow the safe browsing rules so you won't have to worry about viruses, > trojans and malware. > > All real-time antivirus products slow down your computer, that is the nature > of the game. > So Sophos will slow down your computer. > Norton software tends to always be bloated and not really that great to begin > with, so I would leave iAntiVirus alone. > > If you feel you require Antivirus program on your Mac ClamXav 2.3.2 is highly > recommended and Free. > But DON'T download the App Store version, download from this link. > <http://www.clamxav.com/download.php#> > > What are the differences between the version of ClamXav available to download > here and the version on the Mac App Store? > > • The App Store version doesn't contain ClamXav Sentry, so it is not > able to watch your computer for new files and scan them as they arrive. > • There is no engine installation phase as the App Store requirements > stipulate that everything must be self-contained within the app. > • Virus definition updates are downloaded on a per-user basis. > • Updates to the ClamXav app itself are taken care of via the Mac App > Store. > • Mac OS X 10.6 or greater is required. > > So to answer your Question: >> Are they worth having and will they work with my iMac running 10.6.8 ? > > It is your choice really, if having virus protection on your Mac is going to > make you feel safer (more protected) go ahead. > Personally I don't feel they are worth having. > > And Yes, they will run on your iMac running 10.6.8, just make sure you > download the version compatible with OS X 10.6.8 > > Cheers, > Ronni > > On 20/08/2012, at 12:07 PM, F.W. Hänel <whae...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I was reading about 2 of the free anit-virus software programs >> >> 1. iAntiVirus by Norton >> 2. Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac >> >> Are they worth having and will they work with my iMac running 10.6.8 ? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Walter >> -- 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>
