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soapage

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Dec 26, 2009
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I just got my macbook and I was wondering if any of you guys use an antivirus on your mac. even though macs get no viruses I wanted to know if I run parallels and windows 7 do I need one... if so which one?

please dont put mrgoogle... i wana know feedback on current users
 
If you run Windows 7 via BootCamp that's just like running Windows on a Windows machine. You need antivirus software in that case. You also need it for Parallels if you plan on connecting to the internet with it.

I also don't really understand the "Don't mroogle" statement. You could have found the answer for yourself very quickly. Here's a thread with some recommendations:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/361255/
 
If you run Windows 7 via BootCamp that's just like running Windows on a Windows machine. You need antivirus software in that case. You also need it for Parallels if you plan on connecting to the internet with it.

I also don't really understand the "Don't mroogle" statement. You could have found the answer for yourself very quickly. Here's a thread with some recommendations:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/361255/

but do u get a windows antiviures running on windows... or a mac antivirus running on OSX?

As for the mroogle comment i put it cause all my threads people just put mroogle and i did search it but wasnt really satisfied with the answers.... plus it promotes internet webtraffic which is good for the website :D
 
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