Re: Lion OS X 10.7 (was: virus on the Mac)

2010-12-26 Thread cm
Hi Ruben, I guess with any new gadget or piece of software there will be a wide range of reactions and people will derive different levels of utility from them, but as someone who lives in Snow Leopard, I personally, cannot wait to upgrade to Lion. I believe it could be yet another Apple quiet

Re: Lion OS X 10.7 (was: virus on the Mac)

2010-12-26 Thread Dark1
So far Lion seems like a pretty minor (and uninteresting) update to me. SL didn't implement many new features but there was a massive amount of work done on the code. Ruben Oh I just noticed. There is a link to the keynote address that introduced Lion, on the Apple site itself. http://even

Re: virus on the Mac

2010-12-26 Thread James / Hans Kunz
i'm for the last 15years on the net with a variety of macs w/o protectionstill no virus but it's possible that macs are downloading windows viruses & pass them on the others without the mac affected James On 26/12/2010, at 14:45, Chris Burton wrote: Hi all wamuggers, I hope you all had

Re: Lion OS X 10.7 (was: virus on the Mac)

2010-12-26 Thread cm
Oh I just noticed. There is a link to the keynote address that introduced Lion, on the Apple site itself. http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/1010qwoeiuryfg/event/index.html As always the keynote is worth watching just to soak up Steve Jobs' showmanship. Enjoy! C On 2010-12-27, at 11:25, cm

Re: virus on the Mac

2010-12-26 Thread cm
Hi Chrs, Yes OS X 10.7 - Lion, is definitely on the way. The estimated release day is June of 2011. Lion is an attempt to bring the ease of use of the iPad and iPhone to the Mac platform. This will include the always on feature and the launch-pad layout of apps and self contained app style sof

Re: virus on the Mac

2010-12-26 Thread Chris Burton
Thanks Philippe, Paul, Severin, Daniel and others for your really helpful suggestions. I will look at those programs suggested as well as avast for my Windows side on Bootcamp. Im actually thinking of installing Parallels or VMFusion as Im tired of having to reboot my Mac each time I need

Re: virus on the Mac

2010-12-26 Thread Philippe Chaperon
Good morning All, Hope Christmas has been good, and that 2011 will bring you all that you desire. Regarding 'free' anti-virus software for the Mac, I have for some weeks now installed Sophos for Mac on my MacBook and iMac. It seems to work seamlessly to the point that I often wonder whether it i

Re: virus on the Mac

2010-12-26 Thread Paul K
I would just install AVG Free in the Bootcamp XP and do periodic scans of it and your external media. If the media is Mac formatted you will not be able to scan it but you probably don't need to for the same reason. In order to do this you would need to run Windows via VMWare or Parallels, this wou

Re: virus on the Mac

2010-12-26 Thread Daniel Forsdyke
I use the free version of iAntivirus, and it seems to work quite well in the background without slowing down the system. I would advise against using Nortons as all it ever seems to do is slow down the computer. Daniel F. Sent from my iPad On 26/12/2010, at 15:51, Severin Crisp wrote: > >

Re: virus on the Mac

2010-12-25 Thread Severin Crisp
I can really recommend Intego Virus Barrier. Not free but it is a complete virus and internet protector and one copy serves two computers. Severin Crisp On 26/12/2010, at 2:45 PM, Chris Burton wrote: Hi all wamuggers, I hope you all had a great christmas. I am looking for a free (or low

Re: virus on the Mac

2010-12-25 Thread cm
Hi Chris, Jus as an aside, the virus that was on your external hard drive was likely a Windows virus. Even though you may have somehow downloaded it on your Mac, it, in all likely hood, would not be able to run on your Mac and could therefore do not damage to your Mac itself. Another possibilit

virus on the Mac

2010-12-25 Thread Chris Burton
Hi all wamuggers, I hope you all had a great christmas. I am looking for a free (or low cost) anti-virus scanner that I can use on my Mac (MBPro 10.5.8) which will detect and delete any baddies that may come in either from emails, software or external devices such as portable HD. The re