Re: AntiVirus for entourage

In article <Yzihi.92$Io4.24@edtnps89>,
johnny bobby bee <useraddshine_eh@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dave Balderstone wrote:
Mac users who are forced to run AV software often run ClamAV, but
there's no known reason to do so.

There *is* reason to do so. If you belong to a Windows network, it's
still safe and smart to be running clamxav. Even though the virus won't
propagate on or infect the Mac, it may still send itself out to other
Windows PCs where they *will* get infected.

That has never, ever happened. It's a movie plot scenario that
distracts people from the vectors of abuse. Windows-on-Windows issues
are far more likely to cause problems than anything you'll see on a Mac.

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