Re: Nortons Version Question..

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From: Hugh Gibbons
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 03:42

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In article <O8cve.3726$oJ.1962@news-server.bigpond.net.au>,
 pedro <pedro@nowhere.com> wrote:

> Hi. Does anyone know if Norton Utilities V5.0 and Nortons Anti-Virus 
> V6.0 will run under system 10? I cant get any help on the Symantec Site 
> as they're no longer current versions. Thanks,

Since it's unsupported, I presume any virus definitions would also be 
obsolete and perhaps not compatible with the old Norton Antivirus.
And I imagine that viruses that would be found by those definitions
are unlikely to propagate on an OSX system, since they were never
intended to infect OSX.  OSX viruses would be different animals
and you'd need a virus checker defined for OSX to find them.

Are there any viruses currently in the field from which you need 
protection?  From what I hear, antivirus-ware for OSX currently
doesn't do anything, because there are no known virus definitions 
for OSX.

     ==> ALL COMMENTS IMO <==

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