[X-Newbies] Anti-Virus

[Michael Winter]

On Jun 14, 2005, at 9:17 PM, Vincent Cayenne wrote:

> I'd go so far as to say that I've seen far more harmful effect from  
> Symantec product than would have been occasioned by the non- 
> existent threats from which they purport to defend.

Exactly. See <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/10/ 
symantec_uberbug/> and <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/10/ 
symantec_mac_false_alarm/> . 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.

-Mike