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date: 2014-12-07 21:47:00
subject: Re: Avast vs Sophos on Ma

"~BD~"  wrote in message 
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On 08/12/2014 01:12, Dustin wrote:
> ~BD~  wrote in
> news:Tb6dnb9GFbw0dhnJnZ2dnUVZ8mmdnZ2d@bt.com:
>
>> On 07/12/2014 23:52, Dustin wrote:
>>> ~BD~  wrote in
>>> news:_6-dnc6fqqKWRhnJnZ2dnUVZ8r2dnZ2d@bt.com:
>>>
>>>> On 07/12/2014 22:44, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>>> ~BD~ wrote on 12/7/2014 :
>>>>>> On 07/12/2014 18:18, Brian Gordon wrote:
>>>>>>> Despite being on a Mac, latest updates of everything, I run
>>>>>>> antiviral scans
>>>>>>> once a month or so.  ClamXav is my mainstay, and I also have
>>>>>>> Sophos. I was
>>>>>>> also offered Avast, again the free version.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> When I tried to install it, it announced that I would first
>>>>>>> have to uninstall
>>>>>>> Sophos.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is Avast that much better, so worth it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The best advice is that if you don't have Microsoft Windows on
>>>>>> your machine, you should have *NO* resident anti-virus software
>>>>>> on your Mac!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> For more advice, ask here:
> https://discussions.apple.com/welcome
>>>>>
>>>>> Which could very well lead to this:
>>>>> http://www.reedcorner.net/mmg/
>>>>
>>>> There is little about this subject which I've not read, FTR!
>>>>
>>>> If you've time to spare, YOU ask on the Apple forums and see what
>>>> advice YOU are given!
>>>>
>>>> Apple themselves have incorporated an AV internally in the OS X
>>>> Yosemite operating system! (called X-protect IIRC)
>>>
>>> Doesn't that contradict the best advice you previously wrote?
>>
>> Not intentionally. :-(
>
> You never do anything bad intentionally. *laugh*
>
> Yes, I was being sarcastic.

I know. You do that a lot. Maybe that is why you have lost your 
credibility.

>> Were you previously aware of X-protect, Dustin? Here's an item FYI
>
> I could give two ####s about Apple, or their products. I was simply
> commenting on your bad advice. :)

I don't give bad advice, Dustin.

That's all down to you. You simply cannot be trusted. :-(
-- 
Speaking of trust, in the last 10 years how many "bad guys" have
you capture?
How many of your Paki  buds have you turned in for ####ing children? 

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