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

[Steve Harris]

For what it's worth, at Experian we mandate virus scanners on Macs - It's part of PCI DSS compliance.

- Steve

On 23 Feb 2012, at 20:39, T Dong Huynh wrote:

> 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>
> Organization: University of Southampton
> Reply-To: "osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk" <osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk>
> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:32:56 +0000
> To: "osx-users at ecs.soton.ac.uk" <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.
>>> --
>>> Dr T Dong Huynh
>>> 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
>>> Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
>>>  
>> 
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>> --  
>> sysjkf at ecs.soton.ac.uk

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