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MacUpdate Holiday Mac Application Bundle for $49

alexbates said:
That looks like a great deal.

Some of this software I might not want. Why would I want the antivirus software? I thought that my Mac is secure enough as it is. That's the whole reason I bought a Mac, so I could forget the slow antivirus software that makes a Computer running Windows slow.
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I thought this also, but I went ahead and bought this bundle
and ran the anti-virus and it found 5 virus's on my iMac

There is another program called Mac-Scan
that looks for spy wear and trojans this program found one trojan
and several spy wear programs on my iMac.

I would rather buy these programs and have them find nothing or maybe something
then wonder why I am have problems.

I would rather be safe then sorry.


Andrew
 
srl7741 said:
Boot to the Bootable DG-DVD and use those features. Those are not available while your accessing/using the drive.
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Not sure I did this right🙁
I put the dvd of DG in my iMac
clicked on the disc icon DG started but I still have the same symbol
not sure I understand how to use a bootable dvd.😕
 
Warning: automatic premium membership charge

Be warned: when you pay for this bundle it would appear that you are – sneakily – automatically set up to charged for Premium Membership. You must return to the website and cancel this stealth charge.
 
baldyauldeejit said:
Be warned: when you pay for this bundle it would appear that you are – sneakily – automatically set up to charged for Premium Membership. You must return to the website and cancel this stealth charge.
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Thanks, just changed mine to prevent me from being charged again.
 
baldyauldeejit said:
Be warned: when you pay for this bundle it would appear that you are – sneakily – automatically set up to charged for Premium Membership. You must return to the website and cancel this stealth charge.
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This is apparently not the case...

"Your current subscription rate: $39.95/year
Please note: If you just recently became a MacUpdate member and have not purchased a membership, your account will be marked as a Desktop account at $39.95. This will last for 7 days and is part of our free trial–rest assured that you have not, and will not, be automatically billed unless you elect to continue the membership."

That is what it says in your membership area.
 
majordude said:
Yeah, since there aren't any viruses on the Mac, for $69 it will put an icon in your toolbar and load nothing into memory.
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Even if there isn't a big virus problem with Macs, this line of thinking is basically saying that either a) you only communicate with other Mac users, or b) you don't care about anyone else. Part of the point of virus software on a Mac is to scan your email for viruses that you might be receiving and sending to other computers which aren't Macs... and thus infect systems of your friends, family, business associates, etc. I would think that it would be pretty embarrassing professionally for you to send a virus to your client, and have it end up taking down their systems and causing big problems for them. Personally, I don't want to be the one that does that. And further, who wants to be the first one that gets hosed by the first big Mac virus. There will be one at some point.
 
Drive Genius problem

I made the bootable dvd
put the dvd in my mac and have held down the "C" key
before, durning, and after the start up tone from a restart
to restarting from a shut down.
And I still have several test that still show the explanation point in the stop sign.
Bench test, scan list, integrity check, Initialize, Repartition, Duplicate, Sector edit
and when I try to run defrag. Drive Genius shows that my hard drive can be defraged and I can even choose the mac hard drive. But the start button in the lower right corner is not high lighted so that test will not run.😕
Any Ideas.

Thanks Andrew

And as a small side RANT, I switched over from PC to Mac to get away from
problems like this, Soft wear not working right when it was installed
and right now it seems like nothing has changed 🙁
add this to this post I read
Originally Posted by baldyauldeejit
Be warned: when you pay for this bundle it would appear that you are – sneakily – automatically set up to charged for Premium Membership. You must return to the website and cancel this stealth charge.
 
convergent said:
I would think that it would be pretty embarrassing professionally for you to send a virus to your client, and have it end up taking down their systems and causing big problems for them.
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If they're running Windows, they should be running anti-virus software if they're professionals.

convergent said:
And further, who wants to be the first one that gets hosed by the first big Mac virus. There will be one at some point.
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Yeah, and who wants to be the first to be hit with a chemical weapons attack at some point in my home state? There will be one at some point. I better walk around with a gas mask on all the time. Or never leave my house. Thanks for that logic!
 
Little Snitch serial number

Little Snitch: Serial number will be posted to your MU account within 24 hours

The above line came with the download link for little snitch
has any body received their serial number in their MacRumors account yet


Andrew
 
Best guess, what are the odds of purchasing this package and new revisions of the programs coming out soon after? Would it even matter for most of them?
 
Virus Barrier X5 found

I installed Virus Barrier X5 had it check for and update the new virus definitions. Ran the program and to my surprise it found FIVE virus's
on my iMac.
They were marked with a number followed by .DMG
and the few I seen were other browser programs I down loaded

just wanted to let the few members that posted why bother
with the virus barrier down load, Macs don't get virus's

Thank You Virus Barrier

Andrew
 
tveric said:
If they're running Windows, they should be running anti-virus software if they're professionals.
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I have to wonder what you do for a living. If I send a virus to a client, it IS going to look unprofessional to that client, and it will damage my reputation as a professional. That is of importance to me, and I do care about my friends, family members, and business colleagues. Many of my friends and family aren't as computer literate as I am, and if their virus protection expired or something I'd feel pretty bad if I sent them a virus.

Yeah, and who wants to be the first to be hit with a chemical weapons attack at some point in my home state? There will be one at some point. I better walk around with a gas mask on all the time. Or never leave my house. Thanks for that logic!
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Your response here is uncalled for... if you don't like my advice then just move on. Have you ever worked in a gas mask? I was in the military and I have. Running a basic antivirus email scanner is completely transparent and doesn't impede the use of my computer at all. Wearing a gas mask impedes your ability to do anything quite significantly, so your analogy doesn't even make sense. Further, sitting in a house is not going to protect you from a chemical attack unless you live in some kind of sealed capsule.

A better analogy would be leaving your house totally unlocked all the time in a wealthy neighborhood that doesn't have a crime problem. Personally, I am going to take some basic security measures like door locking. There WILL be a virus attacking a Mac at some point, its only a matter of time. The more marketshare that Macs gobble up, and the more that Apples marketing department keeps taunting the hackers by advertising that they are somehow impervious to attack, the more people that are getting interesting in getting some notoriety by being the the one that breaks in. It will happen. You want to ignore that fact, that's your business. Running a free antivirus program that is completely transparent seems like basic common sense. I run ClamXav which seems to work pretty well.
 
majordude said:
Macs DON'T get viruses. They can CARRY Windows viruses but since they are never executed by Mac OS they don't get viruses. I'd be willing to bet that VB saw a Windows virus in your .dmg files.
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Could there be a windows virus is a down load of firefox or netscape nav.
for mac.
 
Abudephane, do get over your bad self.

If I bought expensive earbuds just because audiophile snobs like you snottily accused me of being an unwashed rube for not spending more on the right equipment that apparently all right thinking people should use, I would in fact be the sheep you seem to want to accuse everyone of being who doesn't care about exactly the same things you do. Not only am I supposed to buy earbuds, but I'm apparently supposed to spend the time, money, and energy to learn to care. Well I don't.

I'm might be a sheep for spending good money on an iPod, which everybody and their grandmother already have, but not buying another set of earbuds is simply making a choice based on my priorities; free works just fine for me. I listen to it on the train, hardly a conducive listening environment to appreciate the finer points of audio, simply to kill time, and as often as not I listen to spoken podcasts, so audio quality is hardly a concern. I did spend $100 to upgrade my speakers at home (and that was a bit of a luxury), but not $300 or more. Yes, I listened at the store, and no I couldn't tell the difference, certainly not enough to care. They are fine for the casual background listening I do.

So you like music and care about audio quality and can appreciate the subtle differences. Well, bully for you. I'm glad you found something you enjoy in life. Frankly I think people who spend multiple thousands on sound systems kind of crazy, but it's their money, and they're free to spend it on what the want to. I don't get, but I don't have to. I have things in my life that no doubt would bore you to tears if I blathered on about them, and would annoy you to no end if I lorded them over you as things you and everyone else in the universe needs to care about as much as I do.
 
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