[LMB] OT: HELP! Looking for spyware-scrubbers, virusbusters and firewalls for Macs

[BOB!!]

Katrina Knight <kknight at epix.net> wrote: 

> There are several Mac AV 
> programs. Finding one that is still kept up-to-date for older 
> versions of the Mac OS may be a problem. Then again, it may not, 
> because older versions are the ones that have more 
> vulnerability. (It seems to me that the number of Mac viruses is 
> in the 50-100 range, almost all aimed at pre OS X versions.) 

Given that there probably isn't anybody out there trying to write
malware for an operating system that almost nobody is using any more,
my recommendation is to find the most recent pre-OS X antivirus
program you can (looking on one of my shelves, I'm running Symantex
AntiVirus for Mac version 4 on my pre-OS X machines) and then don't
worry any more.  Any current web-delivered malware or spyware isn't
going to be able to touch your old version of MacOS or the browser
you're using (assuming you're using a browser of equivalent vintage).

Regards,

BOB!!
Mac user since 1988, Mac owner since 1993

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