[X-Newbies] Anti-Virus

[Randy B.Singer]

Michael Winter said:

>IMO in the last 5 years, AV software on  
>the Mac has done more damage, and cost more in lost time and money,  
>than viruses.
>
>I'd say one needs to weigh the potential threat of a virus against  
>the potential problems caused by the AV software -from bugs  
>potentially causing loss of information, to performance degradation.


To avoid any such problem, one only has to be discerning as to which 
anti-virus program one uses.  I've seen no discernible performance 
degradation, and I've never heard of a loss of data or software conflict, 
caused by Virus Barrier, for instance.



Randy B. Singer
Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions)

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