[Announce] Free Anti Virus - for personal use

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I know this is a bit off topic, but I think it’s worth spreading the word Š

One of our local [there are three] AV companies, Sophos has finally offered
free Anti Virus for Mac, all the details here:

http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/free-mac-anti-virus/

NEW MUG Special Offers system here: Mac Users UK & Ireland - Special offers

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On 2 Nov 2010, at 17:41, Peter Tucker wrote:

One of our local [there are three] AV companies, Sophos has finally
offered
free Anti Virus for Mac, all the details here:

Are they giving out free viruses for the anti-virus to play with as
well? Otherwise, it’s going to get very lonely.

Heather

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I’m trying this out right now to see if there is anything.

I’ve taken a look at Intego and that seems cool because I run both Windows and Mac on my Mac here, so I’d think about getting it for my Windows install…but would I ever use it? I’m in there for like 20 minutes a day looking at my sites in all kinds of ugly IE goodness…so almost why bother. You can’t beat free though.

Thanks for the tip.

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on 02/11/2010 18:33, Heather Kavanagh at email@hidden wrote:

On 2 Nov 2010, at 17:41, Peter Tucker wrote:

One of our local [there are three] AV companies, Sophos has finally
offered
free Anti Virus for Mac, all the details here:

Are they giving out free viruses for the anti-virus to play with as
well? Otherwise, it’s going to get very lonely.

Hi Heather,

If you ask nicely, they might lend you one!

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On Nov 2, 2010, at 1:33 PM, Heather Kavanagh wrote:

Are they giving out free viruses for the anti-virus to play with as
well? Otherwise, it’s going to get very lonely.

I ran the software and it found 2 email attachments (zip files) that
carried a Windows-specific trojan. OK, so it wasn’t a direct threat to
my machine but still, it seems to work.

Todd

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