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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">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.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">I use Chrome as my main browser, btw.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Cheers,</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Dong.</font></div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Julian Field <<a href="mailto:sysjkf@ecs.soton.ac.uk">sysjkf@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Organization: </span>University of Southampton<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>"<a href="mailto:osx-users@ecs.soton.ac.uk">osx-users@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:osx-users@ecs.soton.ac.uk">osx-users@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:32:56 +0000<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:osx-users@ecs.soton.ac.uk">osx-users@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>" <<a href="mailto:osx-users@ecs.soton.ac.uk">osx-users@ecs.soton.ac.uk</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[OSX-Users] Re: Do I need antivirus for OS X?<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">So long as you have the box<br>
Open "safe" files after downloading<br>
*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.<br>
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Act sensibly, get software from reliable sources, and you will probably be okay.<br>
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I've never run any AV software on a Mac, and I've never had any trouble.<br>
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My (personal) 2p worth.<br>
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On 23/02/2012 11:23, T Dong Huynh wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dong.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Dr T Dong Huynh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Web and Internet Science Research Group Tel: +44 (0) 23 8059 3270<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">School of Electronics and Computer Science Fax: +44 (0) 23 8059 2865<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Southampton Eml:
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