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Originally Posted by Stuart C
Actually, I don't think any platform is 100% safe. It's just that (at the moment) you are far less likely to encounter a virus in the wild running on OSX.
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true but without having AV you cant know for sure.
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Originally Posted by Kymmy
Correct, but it doesn't mean to say that the system is inected and I'd say that nearly all would be clean.. For now.....
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im not saying that their computers are infected they might not be, as i said above its impossible to know without having AV.
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Originally Posted by MadGamer
it would be quite easy for Chris, Damien or me to prove that our macs aren't infected by installing a free anti virus program, run a scan then remove said anti virus program to prove your point.  |
as i said you might not be infected, its just that no os is 100% secure.
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Originally Posted by Damien
It makes sense not to have a anti-virus running though. Since no Mac virus is out in the wild, they are all proof of concepts, why bother slowing down your computer?
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there are some in the wild tho, its just that their not as wide spread as viruses for Windows. as i said earlier its your computer so do as you wish with it.
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Originally Posted by Ed2020
There are a number of posts in this thread which demonstrate one aspect of AV software that I've always taken issue with - the assumption that if your AV package reports nothing is wrong then nothing is wrong. It gives users a false sense of security. Downloading a free AV package and scanning your Mac, Windows, Unix or Linux box to be told no malware was found absolutely does not mean there is definitely no malware present.
Providing you are exceptionally cautious then browsing the Internet with no AV can be perfectly safe regardless of what OS you choose to use. Of course you'd have to turn off all Javascript, Flash, Silverlight and any other client-side scripting except on sites you 100% trusted, never download anything executable and myriad other measures that would quickly become a major PITA, but it can be done.
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yes it can be done, but lets face it alot of people out there download everything & anything & dont care or know that they have a virus.
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Originally Posted by ZrByte
Havent had a machine in 5 or 6 years that I could even tell when i have a virus scanner running in the background. Are macs really so resource lacking that you would?  |
same here unless your using Norton or its incredibly old it wont slow your computer down at all.