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Hello David - 

DD>>>>> We do not use any virus software on our Macs either.
DD>>>>> OS-X is Unix based and also not subject to that
DD>>>>> susceptibility that Windows and DOS are (can one still
DD>>>>> buy virus software for 

DD>>>> > DOS?) 

CA>> F-Protect is free and there are others for DOS. 

DD> And they still put out new definition files for them? 

Last time anyone mentioned F-Protect they did, yes. 

TW>>>> Hang in there with yuor Head in the Sand. 

DD>>> my head ain't in the sand - it's out here in the 21st
DD>>> century enjoying computers on these virus resistant OSs. 

CA>> You say "not subject to that susceptibility" and "virus
CA>> resistant OSs" which means you DO know there are linux
CA>> virus out there and you are just being a bit of a troll
CA>> insisting that they are not. 

DD> The majority of Windows viruses rely on an operating mode
DD> that does not exist in (most) Linux installations. That
DD> greatly reduces the susceptibility of Linux to viruses that
DD> employ that model. 

Linux has scripting and other vulnerabilities. 

DD> Virus resistance refers to the incidence of a virus
DD> arriving in my in tray, and me managing to execute it. Said
DD> virus simply won't be able to do it's thing as it might if
DD> I was running Windows - I don't have write/change access to
DD> the major part of my system.