I use AVAST (mentioned second paragraph below) on my wife's PC. It's free for the PC and it works very well. I've not had any problems with it or virus' on the PC.
I don't anything about the Mac edition but if it's as good as the pc version it should do well. Harry Sunday, January 27, 20087:16 PMBill [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Nora- >I came across these programs mentioned in a column; I'll just cut & >paste them in hopes that the links to the programs survives and you >can find them using the links. >It mentioned... > >antivirus software, you have several choices. ClamXav is free. >Symantec offers Norton AntiVirus 11 for $50 a year. You can get one >year of avast! antivirus Mac Edition for $40. > >You can get anti-spyware programs as well. Check out Internet Cleanup >4.0 from Smith Micro for $30. And MacScan 2.5 from SecureMac goes >for $25. Intego offers an Internet security suite that, among other >things, includes anti-spyware. It is called NetBarrier X4 and sells >for $70. > >As far a defrag-ing a Mac, that topic has surfaced here before and I >seem to remember some disagreement about whether a mac needs it. >Perhaps someone with more knownledge can respond. > >Bill M > >On Jan 27, 2008, at 6:56 PM, Nora J. Probasco wrote: > >> What is the best antivirus software to buy to use with Leopard? I >> used to only use Norton but am not very happy with them at the >> moment. Any other suggestions? I would also like to get a program >> similar to Norton that defrags and optimizes the disk. Does Disk >> Warrior do that? Or what is the best software for that? I've got to >> take care of my new laptop when I get it. >> >> Nora > > > >_______________________________________________ >The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will >be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. >Posting address: [email protected] >Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup _______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be February 26 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
