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    Freebee anti-virus for a Mac?

    Use AVG on my pc but recently gone online with a mac. can I use AVG for a Mac or do they have a mac version.??

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    macs dont get viruses ( i think) could be wrong have been in the past ..once

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    hi Skyryder - like you I have recently gone from a PC to a Mac and I don't think AVG do an anti virus package for the Mac - cheers

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    i have had macs for 6 years and never had a virus or any trouble with all the other ilnesses that pcs get

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    Your online, look on the AVG site


    ps: yes Mac's can get a virus
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    I'm same as jimjim. I think the whole architecture of Macs (similar to linux) makes it hard to 'infect' with viruses. Might be wrong.

    Lets please not make this an anti-pc/anti-mac thing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by skelstar View Post
    Lets please not make this an anti-pc/anti-mac thing.
    Or recycle that picture with Tron Guy in it...
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    There is one Trojan in the wild for the Mac if you're using OS X. Currently advertises itself as a codec for Quicktime.

    There is no free antivirus software but McAfee, Symantec and Sophos do sell antivirus software.

    I've only had one virus on a Mac and that was under OX 9. Been on a Mac full time since '92. Can't remember the name of it but it made the Mac do random restarts. The hole has since been plugged (it was a Quicktime bug).

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    bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
    mac viruses...

    I'll pick myself up in a few hours..

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    Haven't had any probs with ours but there are a couple of freebies around.

    http://www.clamxav.com/

    http://www.intego.com/home.asp


    This page has some useful info & links for newbies

    http://aroundcny.com/technofile/macs.html

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    I've a nice little Mac virus here that I wrote on one of my dev boxes for kicks... sure it was a little challenging, but definitely not impossible... knowing what I know now, I'd be getting a virus scanner if I were using a Mac on the net.

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