Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software?
Date	2017-02-19 15:39 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2017-02-19, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2017-02-19, Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> wrote:
>> I don't use any AV software. My ISP (Comcast) is urging me to accept 
>> their offer of a free install of the Norton Internet Security for Mac on 
>> my Sierra 10.12.3 iMac.
>>
>> Yes? No?
>
> Do you like abuse? Yes? No?

Non-snarky translation: Since macOS has built-in anti-malware and
security features as long as macOS itself is up to date, there's little
need for anti-virus software, which typically causes more problems
(system stability and performance degradation, and so on) than it solves
in macOS. ; )

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JR

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One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2017-02-19 09:50 -0500
  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-19 14:59 +0000
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-19 15:39 +0000
  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-19 10:38 -0500
  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2017-02-19 15:51 +0000
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-19 10:55 -0500
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        Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-20 16:02 -0500
        Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2017-02-20 16:03 -0500
          Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2017-02-20 13:46 -0800
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  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Don Bruder <Don@sonic.net> - 2017-02-19 08:44 -0800
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-02-19 12:16 -0500
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  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-02-19 18:25 +0000
  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Ken Springer <wordworks@greeleynet.com> - 2017-02-19 11:59 -0700
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-19 19:58 +0000
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-02-19 15:00 -0500
      Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-19 15:24 -0500
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-19 15:24 -0500
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2017-02-19 20:33 +0000
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? MeV <michael.vilain@gmail.com> - 2017-02-19 12:35 -0800
      Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-19 20:50 +0000
    Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2017-02-20 02:07 +0000
      Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-19 21:18 -0500
        Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-20 03:22 +0000
      Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-02-19 21:31 -0500
        Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-20 03:27 +0000
        Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Doc O'Leary  <droleary@2015usenet1.subsume.com> - 2017-02-20 15:32 +0000
          Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-02-20 17:35 -0500
  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2017-02-19 16:39 -0500
  Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2017-02-20 10:38 +1100

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