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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Kingston, Ontario
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I want to install anti virus software for Mac OS X and have been checking out some suppliers' sites. Can someone tell me the difference between Virex and VirusScan? I found the McAfee Security site confusing.
I would also be interested in any views on anti virus products.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Finland
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Originally posted by beetone:
I want to install anti virus software for Mac OS X and have been checking out some suppliers' sites. Can someone tell me the difference between Virex and VirusScan? I found the McAfee Security site confusing.
I would also be interested in any views on anti virus products.
What do you need antivirus software for... I cant recall that there are any for OS X yet..  other than some macroviruses for Microsoft Office applications and most of them if not all cant do much harm due to different filesystem...
But of course the day may come when we will have harmful viruses for OS X.
Other than that i guess Virex is a good choise if you want a Anti virus program....
Note: The mac may not be sensitive to viruses at this moment but it can transport wintel viruses tru e-mail etc..
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Frozen storage at Area 51, wrapped in pigskin. My damned soul is never getting out of the Great Satan.
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Originally posted by solitere:
Note: The mac may not be sensitive to viruses at this moment but it can transport wintel viruses tru e-mail etc..
even then, you'd have to manually send them onward--windows virii have no way of taking control of your email program or address book and sending themselves to everyone listed.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: May 1999
Location: Port Angeles, WA.
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When I use office x attachement to PC user via aol mail causes them to get warning of virii in the down load . How do I sanitize my attachment??
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It's "Brewed" not "Juiced"
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Join Date: Sep 2004
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Hi, Beetone.
Originally posted by beetone:
Can someone tell me the difference between Virex and VirusScan?
Virex is McAfee's Mac anti-virus product.
VirusScan is McAfee's Windows anti-virus product line.
I use Norton Anti-Virus (NAV), but both it and Virex are comparable. If you have, or plan to subscribe to, a .Mac account, you get a free copy of Virex.
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: CA, USA
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I'm using clamXav. It's a free application that uses the Unix code from clamAV provided in a Java GUI. The developer is very responsive.
http://www.markallan.co.uk/software.php?page=clam
I use the only Mac in a family run business on a Windows network with NAV. As head of I.T., this app ensures I'm not passing along viruses to my own network that Norton might not catch.
Kirk
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