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From: Vincent Parry on 21 Jul 2010 15:54
My ISP (Comcast) offers and recommends installing this on a Mac. I've
been riding bareback for the year or so since I switched from a PC--
assuming that no protection was necessary.

So is it worth installing-- any performance hit if I do?
From: nospam on 21 Jul 2010 16:25
In article <i27ja6$e1m$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Vincent Parry
<vince(a)sq.net> wrote:

> My ISP (Comcast) offers and recommends installing this on a Mac.

either get a different isp or tell them they're idiots (or both).

chances are that norton cut a deal with them to push it.

> I've
> been riding bareback for the year or so since I switched from a PC--
> assuming that no protection was necessary.

none is needed at this time or for the foreseeable future. the only
malware is that which the user deliberately installs.

> So is it worth installing-- any performance hit if I do?

yes, and it may also corrupt your system. there have been several cases
where it causes data loss, with the only solution being a reinstall.

stay the hell away from it.
From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 21 Jul 2010 17:02

Vincent Parry wrote:
> My ISP (Comcast) offers and recommends installing this on a Mac. I've
> been riding bareback for the year or so since I switched from a PC--
> assuming that no protection was necessary.
>
> So is it worth installing-- any performance hit if I do?

Donot use this package from Norton on a Mac unless you're knowing 100%
what to do and know the NIS right to the very last buttom line. - It
will slow down nearly anything, and it won't secure you that much, since
the Norton Antivirus app (though it's the better part of this package)
doesn't even support scanning of inboxes where most PC vira can come
into your mailapp.

If you want - and I'll recommend that - to use an antivirus app, then
instead get ClamXAV. It's fully free and will also work on both shared
disks and is also able to scan inboxes in both combined internet apps
like SeaMonkey and in any stand-alone mailclinet.

ClamXAV 2.0.6 (freeware)
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/52238

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From: Mr. Strat on 22 Jul 2010 09:12
In article <i27ja6$e1m$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Vincent Parry
<vince(a)sq.net> wrote:

> My ISP (Comcast) offers and recommends installing this on a Mac. I've
> been riding bareback for the year or so since I switched from a PC--
> assuming that no protection was necessary.
>
> So is it worth installing-- any performance hit if I do?

What is it going to protect you from?
From: Mr. Strat on 22 Jul 2010 09:12
In article <i27ja6$e1m$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Vincent Parry
<vince(a)sq.net> wrote:

> My ISP (Comcast) offers and recommends installing this on a Mac. I've
> been riding bareback for the year or so since I switched from a PC--
> assuming that no protection was necessary.
>
> So is it worth installing-- any performance hit if I do?

What is it going to protect you from?
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