On Apr 10, 2012, at 6:04 PM, Al Poulin wrote: > In view of the Flashback trojan, is now the time for average home and > student users to install an anti-virus package? I notice that there > are two free pachages, ClamXav 2 and Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home > Edition. ClamXav 2 is donationware and the Sophos seems to be a total > freebie. Does one have particular advantages over the other?
ClamXAV works, Sophos is old, and while it's up-to-date insofar as virus defs, it's still has significant limitations, I'm using ClamXAv. However, as Dan mentioned, ANY AV software is reactive, not proactive. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
