U unixufan macrumors newbie Original poster Jun 7, 2009 21 0 Toronto,ON Jun 11, 2009 #1 finally, i installed parallels desktop .4.0 ( windows xp), and I also installed antivirus( symantec) for my xp. Is it necessary to install anti-virus on Mac system as well, with windows xp as my guest system?
finally, i installed parallels desktop .4.0 ( windows xp), and I also installed antivirus( symantec) for my xp. Is it necessary to install anti-virus on Mac system as well, with windows xp as my guest system?
VideoFreek Contributor May 12, 2007 580 198 Philly Jun 11, 2009 #2 No, a/v software on the Windows guest will be sufficient. Mac OS is not affected by Windows viruses.