Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread N2KPV
Hello, I will try to make a long story short. I have been a mac user since 2011 and have been using a well known anti-virus with no problems . In October I updated to El Capitan and my hardrive failed . After hours on the phone and repeated trips to the Apple store they were able to get me runn

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread Ray Foret Jr
First, yes, you really need one. Second, I'm using ClamXAV and have had no issues at all. It costs nowadays, but, it's quite nice in the accessibility department and I'd recommend it. Without knowing which one caused you the trouble, however, it's a little hard to make recommendations

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread jeff `greene
Hi, I've been using Sophos Free Antivirus for the last year and really like it. Its very accessible with VO. I used to use virus barrior express from the app store but it froze and crashed a lot. Hope this helps! Jeff On 2/1/16, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > First, yes, you really need one. > Seco

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread Phil Halton
Aren't you going to tell us what into virus program cause you so much trouble? Maybe we'd all like to avoid it. Sent from my IPhone > On Feb 1, 2016, at 8:45 AM, N2KPV wrote: > > Hello, I will try to make a long story short. I have been a mac user since > 2011 and have been using a well know

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread Ben Constantini
Thanks Phil ,Jeff and Ray for the suggestions . I withheld the name of the company because I do not want to trash them . It may only be a conflict that I am having . Like I said I had no problem with them until the upgrade .. The program that I was using was Kaspersky , I am sure others are us

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Do you have a link to Sophos, if it’s good at what it’s supposed to do i’m interested. /Krister > 1 feb. 2016 kl. 15:53 skrev jeff `greene : > > Hi, I've been using Sophos Free Antivirus for the last year and really > like it. Its very accessible with VO. I used to use virus barrior > express fr

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread Scott Granados
So unlike the others, I wouldn’t bother with antivirus software with the following caveats. That you use only approved sources for software, you use good common sense computing and you have a decent router firewall and aren’t plugging straight in to the network. Expanding on this, the number o

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread Ben Constantini
Thanks Scott , I will keep all this in mind . It looks like I have a few leads to check out . Thanks , Ben > On Feb 1, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > So unlike the others, I wouldn’t bother with antivirus software with the > following caveats. That you use only approved sou

RE: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread Simon Fogarty
: Suggestions for anti-virus Hello, I will try to make a long story short. I have been a mac user since 2011 and have been using a well known anti-virus with no problems . In October I updated to El Capitan and my hardrive failed . After hours on the phone and repeated trips to the Apple store they

RE: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-01 Thread Simon Fogarty
www.sophos.com<http://www.sophos.com> will get you to their main page I believe. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom Sent: Tuesday, 2 February 2016 4:08 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Suggestio

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-02 Thread Gerry Cook
r main page I believe. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom > Sent: Tuesday, 2 February 2016 4:08 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Suggestions for anti-virus > > Do you hav

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-02 Thread Gerry Cook
On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom >> Sent: Tuesday, 2 February 2016 4:08 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: Suggestions for anti-virus >> >> Do you have a link to Sophos, if it’s good at what it’s su

Re: Suggestions for anti-virus

2016-02-02 Thread Ben Constantini
com <http://www.sophos.com/> > > will get you to their main page I believe. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Krister Ekstrom > Sent: Tuesday, 2 February 2016 4:08 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >