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Re: AUGD: Protection on the interwebs
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Re: AUGD: Protection on the interwebs


  • Subject: Re: AUGD: Protection on the interwebs
  • From: Al Varnell <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2014 00:08:30 -0800

On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 07:10 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>
> More on this topic...
>
> Have a look at this post on the Apple discussion forum:
> https://discussions.apple.com/message/23949290#23949290
>
> Especially Items 7 and 8.
>
> A quote:
> "Never install any commercial "anti-virus" or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they all do more harm than good, if they do any good at all."

A bit of background regarding Mr. Davis.  He is unmistakably a first class troubleshooter, probably the best there is on the ASC with very detailed knowledge of OS X and it's Unix underpinnings.  But he has an over-riding rule that he never installs anything that modifies the OS in any way.  His goal is a trouble-free OS experience and he firmly believes this is the only way to ensure that.

I don't always agree with everything he preaches, but in the referenced case I believe he is spot on for the majority of users.


-Al-
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Al Varnell
Mountain View, CA






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