[Blindtlk] antivirus programs multiple antivirus programs

Tue Aug 28 01:40:54 UTC 2012

There aren't as many viruses out there exploiting vulnerabilities in Mac
software as there are for Windows machines. Why? First, because there aren't
as many Macs out there as there are Windows machines and second, Apple has
more control over the software that runs on Macs than does Microsoft.

Mike

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From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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    Hmm. Severe? How do you compare? Please explain.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Freeman
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 6:35 PM
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Macs do get viruses but the problem isn't as severe as it is for windows
machines.

Mike

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From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
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    I know. I need to start somewhere. I'm learning bits and pieces, daily.
But it gets difficult when I'm in the position that I'm in. I heard that
Macs don't get viruses from one user and fewer virus problems from another
user, so I don't know what to think or who to trust.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Freeman
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 1:50 PM
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I don't use Avast so can not wisely advise you as to how thorough it is.
However, I am sure you can safely uninstall most of those tools without
problems.

And I would gently urge you to become sufficiently familiar with your
machine to do your own maintenance.

Mike

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    This is my problem. I have those three programs I mentioned and I don't
have a clue as to how they work. JAWS is not helping. I have a friend who
lives 45 minutes away, but he's unable to drive. So he helps me with updates

and scans, disk defragment, c cleaner, and now he downloaded another program

called cne tech tracker all with cross loop. There was a time when he put
Advanced System Care, but I told him to uninstall it. I want to know if will

hurt my computer if I just have him uninstall all that extra garbage and
just have Avast and c cleaner?

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike Freeman
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 12:16 PM
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In a way, I did answer your question. To my way of thinking, the answer is
"no". but, in truth, each program has advantages and disadvantages. There is
no one program that protects against everything, if only because people are
continually inventing newnuisances for us. This goes for the sighted as much
as the blind. I used Spybot for many years as well as AdAware until it began
to be inaccessible. For a while, I just used Microsoft Security Essentials
and, frankly, itworked quite well despite what its detractors might have
said. I used Kaspersky antivirus which worked well but was a bear to use due
to inaccessibility of some of its features. Right now, I'm using GFI
Software's Vipre Internet security; before, I used Vipre Antivirus. Both
programs are very accessible and I haven't encountered any problems since
using them. These programs are the ones System access people recommend and
they are right IMO. But as long as the various malware suppression programs
can coexist, it certainly doesn't hurt to use more than one since each tends
to look for different threats. The problem is that sometimes these programs
interfere with each other and they may even interfere with legitimate
programs. For example, Kaspersky Antivirus often won't let Apple Software be
downloaded using iTunes so you have to turn Kaspersky off in order to do
those downloads.

I get theimpression that what you're *really* looking for is something very
simple, easy-to-use and something you can decide on once and then "set and
forget". Unfortunately, the computer world -- yes, even the Apple computer
world -- isn't like that. I wish it were otherwise.

Mike

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    What's that? You really didn't answer my question.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Freeman
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 11:39 AM
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I prefer Vipre Internet Security.

Mike

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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 8:41 AM
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Subject: [Blindtlk] antivirus programs multiple antivirus programs

Is it really necessary to have Malwarebytes, Spin Search and Destroy for
blind users, AND AVast?
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