# Apple recommends running anti-virus software
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 2, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095 "2008-12-02T10:42:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/1 "2008-12-02T10:42:22Z")
> **[Apple suggests Mac users install antivirus software](https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-suggests-mac-users-install-antivirus-software/)**
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> Apple advises Mac users to install antivirus software in nod that even Mac users aren't immune to rising malware threats.
just a heads up
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/2 "2008-12-02T10:50:19Z")
I suggest running anti virus software for any person out there who isn’t literate enough to avoid a virus…
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### Author:  [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/3 "2008-12-02T11:00:50Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#):
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> I suggest running anti virus software for any person out there who isn’t literate enough to avoid a virus…
x2
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### Author:  [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/4 "2008-12-02T11:01:48Z")
x3
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### Author:  [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/5 "2008-12-02T11:03:25Z")
Meh macs cant get virus’s LOL JkJk Good info
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/6 "2008-12-02T12:26:31Z")
Ya my computer is retarded now ever since i got one, I cant open up my task manager because it says administrator denied the permission, even though i am an administrator! idk POS!
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### Author:  [@Poose22](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Poose22)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/7 "2008-12-02T12:28:47Z")
> [@Red00WS6](#):
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> Ya my computer is retarded now ever since i got one, I cant open up my task manager because it says administrator denied the permission, even though i am an administrator! idk POS!
thats a spyware/virus issue you got goin there for sure
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### Author:  [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/8 "2008-12-02T12:31:10Z")
> [@Red00WS6](#):
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> Ya my computer is retarded now ever since i got one, I cant open up my task manager because it says administrator denied the permission, even though i am an administrator! idk POS!
i’ll give you a hint it is not the computer that is retarded…
i have pretty much never used anti-virus/spyware software and i have always downloaded torrents/newsgroups and I never have issues. I don’t understand how people end up with such crippled computers all the time.
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### Author:  [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/9 "2008-12-02T12:36:53Z")
> [@Poose22](#):
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> thats a spyware/virus issue you got goin there for sure
The issue there is with the carbon based unit located behind the keyboard. Try hitting it.
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/10 "2008-12-02T12:59:24Z")
lol, ya no the problem is im cheap and have AVG free edition and i scanned the file twice before installing… But my computer runs fine but i think the Trojan messed with my setting and wouldnt let me use task manager and it wont let me change it back, im sure there is a way i just havent really bothered and i dont care too much. I have Spy terminator and it removed it, but for some reason every once in awhile it finds something
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### Author:  [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2008, 1:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/11 "2008-12-02T13:17:11Z")
You don’t need to be cheap to avoid getting a virus… lol
Just don’t go to [www.superhotsluts.com](http://www.superhotsluts.com) and start clicking everywhere you see a tit.
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/12 "2008-12-03T21:29:02Z")
I just downloaded norton and am running a scan right now.
And no, i didnt pay for it.
My windows comps always ran fine without any protection. AVG free never found a virus on my main PC. I would imagine the mac would come out clean as well.
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### Author:  [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/13 "2008-12-03T21:39:11Z")
Never ran an anti-virus and still don’t but Norton is by far one of the worst out there.
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/14 "2008-12-03T21:57:44Z")
I didnt look too hard into what antiviral is out there for OS X, its the only one i found in my 2 second search.
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### Author:  [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/15 "2008-12-04T07:46:49Z")
I scanned two files with AVG and it found nothing, then i installed the programs and rebooted then it gave me all types of problems i had to open up in safe mod download Spyterminator which removed the trojans, but i still cant use my task manager but the computer runs just like it used to, and it wont let me system restore. Oh well its a old computer and it still works for what i use it for. Im disappointed in AVG because i thought it was supposed to be one of the best free anti virus’s and it does update everyday.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/16 "2008-12-04T07:47:38Z")
Apple Security :tup:
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### Author:  [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/17 "2008-12-04T07:54:42Z")
> [@IanK](#):
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> Meh macs cant get virus’s LOL JkJk Good info
lol dude at apple stole told me this
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/18 "2008-12-04T09:01:26Z")
Ran a scan on the mac that i download all sorts of cracks and spyware ridden files for my pc. It came up with one virus in a file called CRACK.exe in my downloads folder. And .exe’s only run through X11, and that dosent have a file system like windows, so theres nothing to infect. And it wouldnt affect the main OS anyways.
So yea, clean as expected. And on this computer i go to all the good crack websites, and sometimes even click on the popups.
Obviously Apple is going to tell you to run some antiviral software. Theres many reasons for this. I dont see how this is a big deal.
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### Author:  [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/19 "2008-12-04T09:02:48Z")
Do they have an anti-virus that manages the PEBKAC and ID-10T errors?
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### Author:  [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2008, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/apple-recommends-running-anti-virus-software/59095/20 "2008-12-04T09:04:34Z")
> [@Joe](#):
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> Do they have an anti-virus that manages the PEBKAC and ID-10T errors?
Yes, its built into the OS.
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