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Avast Offers Free Security For Mac Os X

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 11:35 AM

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 12:01 PM

Way to go Avast!

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 06:04 AM

I like the "Typhoid Mary" analogy. Something I hadn't though of before that Macs can carry/spread a virus that has no effect on them because of the coding.

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 08:13 AM

Any comments on how this compares with the free Sophos software? The Sophos offering has been around for a while and was recently updated.

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Posted 29 April 2012 - 08:56 AM

bananadan, on 29 April 2012 - 08:13 AM, said:

Any comments on how this compares with the free Sophos software? The Sophos offering has been around for a while and was recently updated.

I've used Sophos since it was made available for OSX and really like it. At present, it remains my malware protection and will until I see a reason to change.

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Posted 28 July 2012 - 11:44 AM

bananadan, on 29 April 2012 - 08:13 AM, said:

Any comments on how this compares with the free Sophos software? The Sophos offering has been around for a while and was recently updated.

I've been using Intego VirusBarrier X6 for a few months... it's way more than an antivirus; it seems more complete than what's out there. It updates almost daily. It's about $30, cheaper with a coupon.

Other safety measures would be the tons of security addons for Firefox.

This post has been edited by artzy65: 28 July 2012 - 11:44 AM