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Marc J
02-12-2008, 04:24 PM
Your virus-free time has apparently come to an end :eek:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7760344.stm
Jiggles
02-12-2008, 04:35 PM
Meh i have iAnti virus installed. I never know its there.
DJ James Lake
02-12-2008, 04:36 PM
There have always been viruses for Macs, they are just not distributed as easily as with microsoft operating systems, therefore not very common.

In 15 years of mac use I have only ever come across 1 a trojan which very pretty nasty but so easily spotted
Vectis
02-12-2008, 04:53 PM
Not even slightly worried. Firewalled to death, and do any even-slightly-dodgy browsing in a VM which can be canned and rolled back anytime.
nigelwright7557
02-12-2008, 10:56 PM
Your virus-free time has apparently come to an end :eek:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7760344.stm

Viruses arent all bad, they taught me to back up everything regularly.

I remmeber one of the first viruses in the 1980's, it was an AIDs awareness floppy disc which deleted everything on your hard drive !
yourdj
03-12-2008, 10:28 AM
Never had anything on my mac?

infact my power book is the best thing i have ever bought. would reccomend them to anyone unless they want to use the Denon dnhd 2500 software!!
Megamix
05-12-2008, 11:28 AM
Just to be sure I installed Virus Barrier x5 after a 18 months of running a mac without virus guard. Needless to say it was virus free - if you can do that with Windows after 18 days I'd be amazed.
501damian501
05-12-2008, 12:08 PM
Just to be sure I installed Virus Barrier x5 after a 18 months of running a mac without virus guard. Needless to say it was virus free - if you can do that with Windows after 18 days I'd be amazed.

yes of course you can with windows, just dont hook it up to the net, problem sloved :D
Tom
05-12-2008, 01:02 PM
I use norton 360 and have never had a problem. I am online everyday and nothing.

I'm not 100% but I think it all depends on what websites you look at. Naughty websites do have stuff that can affect your pc. Even if you look for a few seconds, thats enough for them to know you ip address then they can try to send viruses ect.
DiscoPromotions
05-12-2008, 01:21 PM
Your virus-free time has apparently come to an end :eek:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7760344.stm

Yeah but remember, windows is a virus itself :ner: LOL
Jiggles
05-12-2008, 02:55 PM
I use norton 360 and have never had a problem. I am online everyday and nothing.


AAAH! :eek: Norton is a virus/ malware!
Dynamic Entertainment
05-12-2008, 03:43 PM
AAAH! :eek: Norton is a virus/ malware!

lol. IMHO nortin is :pants: