A week or two ago Peter Marks on ABC Breakfast with Fran Kelly advised against installing any Apple virus protection software given that recent security upgrades have made them largely redundant and they seem to cause more problems than they claim to fix.
Graham Sent from my iPad > On 25 Sep 2015, at 6:21 PM, FW <whae...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > Interesting. > Thanks Stephen and Ronni. > > Cheers, > Walter >> On 25 Sep 2015, at 16:06 , Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> >> Hi Stephen & Walter, >> >> Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac is Thomas Reed of 'The Safe Mac' - his >> AdwareMedic with some... 'extras'... >> "Improved, but still largely familiar, update of AdwareMedic" >> >> AdwareMedic and The Safe Mac are now owned by Malwarebytes. >> A lot of loyal followers of The Safe Mac are not so happy by the sellout to >> Malwarebytes. >> >> The Safe Mac - Introducing Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac >> >> http://www.thesafemac.com/introducing-malwarebytes-anti-malware-for-mac/ >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >> >>> On 25 Sep 2015, at 1:33 pm, Stephen Chape <chap...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have not heard of it Walter. >>> But CNet have given it 4.5 Stars out of 5 and a rating of “Outstanding”. >>> So I guess it must be OK. >>> >>> I have used Intego Virus Barrier/Net Barrier combo for a few years now. >>> It has always rated very well on reviews and does not noticeably effect my >>> Mac’s performance like some others have done. I tried Kaspersky one time >>> and it slowed everything down. >>> >>> I figure if you pay for something then they are far more likely to do the >>> right thing. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 25 Sep 2015, at 12:41 pm, FW <whae...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >>>> >>>> Good morning all, >>>> >>>> Has anyone heard of this one ? >>>> Recommended in Australian Macworld. >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Walter >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> Stephen Chape >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
