Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-28 Thread Mario Navarro
Yes, I completely agree. Ithink the same way. here on my imac, I'm using the virus barrier express. cheers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mac

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-28 Thread eric oyen
sorry about that. I spell how they sound and not exactly how they are spelled. I had to look at it again. its actually vlamxav which sounds a lot like clamsav on my screen reader. -eric On Dec 28, 2013, at 3:05 AM, Stan ZA wrote: > Hi, > It is there, but note the spelling "clamxav" > > Stan Z

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-28 Thread Stan ZA
Hi, It is there, but note the spelling "clamxav" Stan ZA amista...@gmail.com On 28 Dec 2013, at 3:59 AM, Regina Alvarado wrote: > Do I find Clamsav in the app store? If not, where can I get it? > > > reggie and Allegra > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 8:56 PM, eric oyen wrote: > > It doesn't requ

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-27 Thread eric oyen
not sure if its in the app store. however, you can get it from here: http://www.clamxav.com/download.php -eric On Dec 27, 2013, at 6:59 PM, Regina Alvarado wrote: > Do I find Clamsav in the app store? If not, where can I get it? > > > reggie and Allegra > > On Dec 27, 2013, at 8:56 PM, eric o

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-27 Thread Regina Alvarado
Do I find Clamsav in the app store? If not, where can I get it? reggie and Allegra On Dec 27, 2013, at 8:56 PM, eric oyen wrote: It doesn't require it as much as windows, however, I would strongly recommend its use. clamsav is a good free version and is also quite accessible. Believe me, wit

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-27 Thread eric oyen
It doesn't require it as much as windows, however, I would strongly recommend its use. clamsav is a good free version and is also quite accessible. Believe me, with the ever increasing popularity of apple products, its eventually going to be very hard not to incur the wrath of those who create m

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-27 Thread Regina Alvarado
Does the Mac require a virus program? If so, can someone tell me what is good? reggie and Allegra On Dec 27, 2013, at 6:38 PM, eric oyen wrote: virus barrier is NOT free. From what I understand, it does work well with voiceover. Clamsav IS free and also works well with voiceover. -eric > On

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-27 Thread eric oyen
virus barrier is NOT free. From what I understand, it does work well with voiceover. Clamsav IS free and also works well with voiceover. -eric On Dec 27, 2013, at 7:13 AM, Jessica D wrote: > is it free? how does it work with voiceover? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Dec 26, 2013, at 6:16 PM,

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-27 Thread Jessica D
is it free? how does it work with voiceover? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 26, 2013, at 6:16 PM, Tyler Thompson wrote: > > I’d recommend downloading virusBarrier (from the app store). Mac’s however > don’t generally get Viruses. You have a small chance of getting one if you > download a lot of

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-27 Thread eric oyen
cvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of eric oyen > Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 6:01 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful? > > these days, common sense isn't enough. There are sites being infected with > multi-platf

RE: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-27 Thread Ramy Moustafa
Thanks so much for all your advices. _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tyler Thompson Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 1:16 AM To: Mac Group Subject: Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful? I'd recommend downlo

RE: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-27 Thread Ramy Moustafa
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful? these days, common sense isn't enough. There are sites being infected with multi-platform malicious code that can infect your machine on a "browse by" session. Some flash on some sites can also infect y

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-26 Thread eric oyen
these days, common sense isn't enough. There are sites being infected with multi-platform malicious code that can infect your machine on a "browse by" session. Some flash on some sites can also infect your mac. We are no longer the odd man out when it comes to malicious software of any kind (win

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-26 Thread Littlefield, Tyler
Common sense only goes so far. A lot of people brag about how it has no viruses, but there are viruses out there for OSX and the market is getting larger. This means that the returns of writing a virus for OSX are much higher. Common sense is useful, but in today's world it's not everything. I

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-26 Thread Mike Arrigo
Personally I don’t, but I think some people do, so it’s up to you. Te best protection of course is to use common sense. On Dec 26, 2013, at 5:14 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > Hi all: > > > Is it useful to use antivirus for mac? Or it’s far from viruses? > > > -- > You received this message bec

Re: antivirus for mac, is it useful?

2013-12-26 Thread Tyler Thompson
I’d recommend downloading virusBarrier (from the app store). Mac’s however don’t generally get Viruses. You have a small chance of getting one if you download a lot of 3rd party apps that you can’t find in the app store, past that it’s unlikely. On Dec 26, 2013, at 4:14 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrot

Re: Antivirus for mac

2012-03-10 Thread Scott Howell
Hey Lew, I thought the Sophos site offered some interesting info and glad they still support the software. I would be curious what if any differences there are and if one may be more effective over the other. I will also ask around and see if I can get some questions answered and will share wha

Re: Antivirus for mac

2012-03-10 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
haven't used clam AV but will check it out. There are some voiceover hickups in sophos but I use it as a trusted product from back in the day when sophos was corporate antivirus. cheers lew On 10 Mar 2012, at 01:40, Scott Howell wrote: > Hi Lew, > > Just curious if you have used the ClamAV p

Re: Antivirus for mac

2012-03-09 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Lew, Just curious if you have used the ClamAV product and how you feel this compares to the Sophos product. THanks, On Mar 9, 2012, at 6:55 AM, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > yep, there's some good free antivirus software I recommend. sophos antivirus > for mac. it's constantly updated and very

Re: Antivirus for mac

2012-03-09 Thread Eric Oyen
sophos is partially accessible. the only problem is getting to the system icon (it is invisible to voiceover and further left of apple scripts). virus-barrier is a $29 package available at the apple app store. this one is accessible in all but the scan progress window (according to others). I ha

Re: Antivirus for mac

2012-03-09 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
yep, there's some good free antivirus software I recommend. sophos antivirus for mac. it's constantly updated and very stable. voiceover friendly from my experience in OS 10.6. if you get lost, let me know and I'll find the link for it for you. lew On 9 Mar 2012, at 11:48, Hendrik Steyn wrote: