[OSX-Users] Re: Do I need antivirus for OS X?

[T Dong Huynh]

Many thanks, Jules. It's reassuring to hear that. I'm aware that OS X is much less vulnerable to viruses than Windows, but not sure it's still true.
I use Chrome as my main browser, btw.
Cheers,

Dong.

From: Julian Field <sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
Organization: University of Southampton
Reply-To: "osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>" <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:32:56 +0000
To: "osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>" <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>>
Subject: [OSX-Users] Re: Do I need antivirus for OS X?

So long as you have the box
    Open "safe" files after downloading
*UN*ticked in your Safari Preferences, and you don't open anything downloaded by your web browser that you didn't ask for, I personally don't see much point.

Act sensibly, get software from reliable sources, and you will probably be okay.

I've never run any AV software on a Mac, and I've never had any trouble.

My (personal) 2p worth.

On 23/02/2012 11:23, T Dong Huynh wrote:
Hello all,

An ECS sys admin just emailed about the availability of Sophos Antivirus 10, which has a Mac version. I wonder if any one uses antivirus software for their Macs at all, and whether there is a compelling reason to install one.
Cheers,

Dong.
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Research Fellow

Web and Internet Science Research Group         Tel: +44 (0) 23 8059 3270
School of Electronics and Computer Science      Fax: +44 (0) 23 8059 2865
University of Southampton                       Eml: tdh at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:tdh at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.


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