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Old April 12th, 2008, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by runeblade View Post
A word of caution...some virus protection software is worse than a virus itself. I have to reinstall my OS this week because of an install of Intego Virus Barrier X5 that F*****ed up my Macbook and can't be fully removed.
Did you let Intego know? In my experience their customer support is generally pretty good. They will often provide a patch pretty quickly.

However, do you really need virus protection software anyway? Given that there are no viruses for Macs and that VirusBarrier won't stop you passing on most Windows viruses to PCs, what is it for?
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