On 04/28/2010 02:02 PM, Robert LeBlanc wrote: > I believe they check for about a dozen different anti-virus softwares, so if > you don't like Symantec, then you can install something else. I highly > recommend some sort of Anti-Virus on Windows and I'm warming up to the idea > on Mac as well. There is so much code out there that will run in bowsers, > javascript, Java, Flash, Acrobat, etc that doesn't need specific machine > code anymore that I'm feeling that Macs are going to be more vulnerable in > the near future.
Lately on windows I've used Microsoft Security Essentials. Seems to be the lightest-weight. Used to use AVG but it seems to be getting bigger and unwieldy. As for Macs being more vulnerable in the future, I'm not so sure. With the move to putting each page render instance in its own jail, the vulnerability to remote code execution is much smaller now than it used to be. I also don't believe market share plays into it either. -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
