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#1 2003-10-14 6:08 pm
- Delcia80
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Best Anti-virus software
In your opinions what is the best anti-virus software. Today I asked this graphic designer on what is the best anti-virus. When I mentioned Nortan, I could tell by the look on his face that he didn't like it. He said the software always causes problems. So he said that on his home computer he has Virex.
Any recommendations?
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Stack it!#3 2003-10-14 6:13 pm
Re: Best Anti-virus software
Mac OS X.
Hahahahahahaaaa!!
Norton Anti Virus has caused me a bit of pain, so get Virex says I.
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#4 2003-10-14 6:54 pm
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
Mac OS X.
Hahahahahahaaaa!!
Norton Anti Virus has caused me a bit of pain, so get Virex says I.
Yeah that sums it up.
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#5 2003-10-14 7:03 pm
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
I was gonna say turn on your firewall and leave it at that.
You know the hole, the one you put the pie in?
My mean my pie-hole?
Yeah, shut it.
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#7 2003-10-14 8:59 pm
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
when was the last time anyone even heard of a virus for the mac?
There was an evil applescript for 10.1 and Safari 1.0. You have to have both of these and you have to restart your computer. It is just a spammer.
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#8 2003-10-14 9:05 pm
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
I did some research the other day on this.
There are no true viruses for OS X.
There are a few scripts and Macros that can mess stuff up, but alot of those macros are for MS Word...
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#9 2003-10-14 9:35 pm
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
Mac OS X.
HEY! you stole my line! 
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#10 2004-01-13 12:16 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
I did some research the other day on this.
There are no true viruses for OS X.
There are a few scripts and Macros that can mess stuff up, but alot of those macros are for MS Word...
So then how do fix those macros for MS Word? Cuz I got WM97/Marker-C.. 
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#11 2004-01-13 12:19 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
There will be one... you'll all see...
Talk like a pirate day September 19th.
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#12 2004-01-13 12:20 am
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There will be one... you'll all see...
I don't doubt it.
Someone will get creative enough.
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Because I can see and I can feel, and you can see and you can feel
So why don't we both either stand up and fight
Or at least together we'll call it a night.
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#13 2004-01-13 12:23 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
when was the last time anyone even heard of a virus for the mac?
No ones really had the time to make one to affect not many comps...as there are a lot of people using PCs so..programmers tend to make viruses for that. And there was a virus for mac a while back..but internet was lacking back then so..didn't affect much..meh.no virus for OSX thou.. 
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#14 2004-01-13 12:24 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
There will be one... you'll all see...
I don't doubt it.
Someone will get creative enough.
Yeah I know how i would make one, course it would rely on the gullibility of the user with his security blanket of mac os x (all this no viruses propaganda) to get the admin password.
I swear people using mac os x don't protect themselves enough.
Talk like a pirate day September 19th.
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#15 2004-01-13 12:44 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
I did some research the other day on this.
There are no true viruses for OS X.
There are a few scripts and Macros that can mess stuff up, but alot of those macros are for MS Word...So then how do fix those macros for MS Word? Cuz I got WM97/Marker-C..
My research didn't go that far.
Way to go on the bumpage of a 3 month old topic though.
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#16 2004-01-13 12:45 am
Re: Best Anti-virus software
I did some research the other day on this.
There are no true viruses for OS X.
There are a few scripts and Macros that can mess stuff up, but alot of those macros are for MS Word...So then how do fix those macros for MS Word? Cuz I got WM97/Marker-C..
My research didn't go that far.
Way to go on the bumpage of a 3 month old topic though.
What the---?
Well I'll be damned!
Spirit was crushed; now is fading, But I want to help make things right.
Because I can see and I can feel, and you can see and you can feel
So why don't we both either stand up and fight
Or at least together we'll call it a night.
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#17 2004-01-13 1:37 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
I try
So come on, Macademicians.. anybody with info or experience with cruddy MS macros.. it sucks copying and pasting all my papers into emails when I could be sending .doc files to easily edit them.. 
Oh quick question.. does anybody know if .doc files created in TextEdit become infected? Or is the only method of infection through MS Word?
Laters.
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#18 2004-01-13 4:47 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
Just heard Go Digital on BBC , and the correspondant said virii are pretty much a windows problem, the Mac OS and Linux are much less susceptable to trojans, spyware and virii...
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#19 2004-01-13 6:14 am
Re: Best Anti-virus software
I did some research the other day on this.
There are no true viruses for OS X.
There are a few scripts and Macros that can mess stuff up, but alot of those macros are for MS Word...So then how do fix those macros for MS Word? Cuz I got WM97/Marker-C..
My research didn't go that far.
Way to go on the bumpage of a 3 month old topic though.
i was wondering why i didn't remember posting to this thread 
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#20 2004-01-13 6:21 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
For M$ Word and Excel macro viruses or "trogan horses" use either Norton Antivirus (NAV) or Virex to clean them out. However, the thing about macro viruses is that they change constantly. So if you're in an environment where you keep getting Word or Excel viruses, then you need to keep the NAV or Virex definitions current at least monthly. The other thing to do is scan individual files before opening them. To be extra cautious, down load to a removeable disk/volume/media first (quarantine) and scan them there before saving to your hard drive. You can also set Word and Excel to disable all macros by default.
One comment about NAV. I would limit the installation to ONLY NAV and not all the system checking stuff. I can't count the number of posts that blame problems on all the other Norton stuff.
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#21 2004-01-13 6:32 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
Oh quick question.. does anybody know if .doc files created in TextEdit become infected? Or is the only method of infection through MS Word?
Laters.
Good question! Don't know. I would suspect that on a PC using WordPad a macro could be passed along but would not execute. On a Mac, cut/paste into textEdit...I would thing you'd drop macros alone with the formating, but I really don't know...
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#22 2004-01-13 9:10 am
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'Tis cool now. Downloaded an eval copy of Sophos Anti-Virus for OS X.. and it disinfected the Normal Template in Word.. along with the other poor .doc files infected
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#23 2004-01-13 9:15 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
You can also set Word and Excel to disable all macros by default.
Thanks for this tip.. just saw that the option was unchecked on Word
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#24 2004-01-13 11:22 am
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Re: Best Anti-virus software
'Tis cool now. Downloaded an eval copy of Sophos Anti-Virus for OS X.. and it disinfected the Normal Template in Word.. along with the other poor .doc files infected
There you go! Probably the best solution. I asked my local IS guru about the text editor question and this was his response:
Yes, if you just copy/paste the text that should strip out the virus. Unfortunately, many of the macro virus writers thought of that. They can disable copy/paste, or re-define the copy/paste routines to propagate the virus as well. I think you had the right answer. Disinfect the original
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#25 2004-01-13 12:10 pm
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I never understood how macros became so powerful.
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