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  1. Remy Zero

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    #1 Remy Zero, Feb 18, 2008
    My cousin's Mac, one in the office and the other at home, had a pop up, saying that his Mac mighty be affected by a virus, and was asking if he wants to send a report to Apple.

    now, i always thought there's no virus for Mac. but while my cousin surfs, his browser just shuts off. so, there's surely a virus in there. anybody have any idea of any sites or anti virus for mac? or better still, anybody have experienced this before?

    i'm going to replace my current pc with a Mac desktop at the end of the month. i really hope this virus thing won't be a common thing for Mac.

    Thanks guys.
     
  2. b-mak

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    #2 b-mak, Feb 18, 2008
    It's much more likely that your cousin's not very bright than his Mac picked up a virus.
     
  3. DrStranglove

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    #3 DrStranglove, Feb 18, 2008
    True. I have had them for over 10 years with no virus issues at all. (And I look at a lot of porn! :p )

    Check the Apple.com site under discussions and or ask there.
     
  4. wingfeather

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    #5 Gilles27, Feb 18, 2008
    What browser does he use? We've had problems with Firefox on our Mac, but not with Safari.
     
  6. wingfeather

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    #6 wingfeather, Feb 18, 2008
    I had problems with Firefox, too. This was on a $3,000 MacBook Pro.
     
  7. Remy Zero

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    #7 Remy Zero, Feb 18, 2008
    i'll be buying an iMac. i think he uses Netscape. i'll post more tomoro. thanks for the replies, guys.
     
  8. AntonyR

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    #8 AntonyR, Feb 18, 2008
    Are you running parallel on it? Use Safari for web browsing. If you use IE it makes your computer more susceptible to virus'
    If you still want a anti virus use:

    http://www.clamxav.com/

    Its free and the most used.

    Antony
     
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    #9 jeff, Feb 18, 2008
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  10. Remy Zero

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    #10 Remy Zero, Feb 19, 2008

    Thanks a bunch Anthony.
     
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    #11 AntonyR, Feb 19, 2008
    no worries, let me know if it works out for you. Good luck


    Antony
     
  12. Remy Zero

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    #12 Remy Zero, Feb 19, 2008
    well, my cousin's Mac seems to be working properly now, all of a sudden. i'll check with him the status. Thanks again, i'll PM you if anything.
     
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    #13 anunakki, Feb 19, 2008
    I currently have 4 macs and Ive exclusively had macs since the early 90s...totaling 14 machines

    Ive never once had a virus or anything go wrong with any of them.
     
  14. Remy Zero

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    #14 Remy Zero, Feb 20, 2008
    Thanks for giving me the confidence. i'll be getting one by end of this month.
     

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