Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: One More Time: Mac Antivirus Software? Date: 19 Feb 2017 15:39:07 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net mfm+HsYN1uRcMGPSEwdllgxpCnFUFG79I3vfsivdMvQripcT35 Cancel-Lock: sha1:sURnvkJCdtE2YFDwlXq4DwxO7qk= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:100656 On 2017-02-19, Jolly Roger wrote: > On 2017-02-19, Wade Garrett 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. ; ) -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR