![]() ![]() These bundles give you Windows and Mac antivirus apps. Symantec and Intego both offer dual-protection products for users who run both Windows and OS X on their Macs. Each of these general-purpose security suites can protect your virtual Windows machine against all sorts of threats. Our con- federates at PC World recommend Symantec’s $70 Norton Internet Security 2008, the $80 Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0, McAfee Internet Security Suite (three-seat license $70), and BitDefender Internet Security 2008, which costs $50 for three PCs. If you do run Windows on your Mac, you should install a Windows antivirus program on your virtual PC. But if you don’t run Windows and you don’t mind passing along virus-laden e-mail attachments to your Windows friends, you don’t need either one. ![]() (It’s striking how many of the security experts interviewed for this article are Mac users.)īoth Symantec and Intego sell Mac antivirus programs: Norton AntiVirus 11 ($50 ) and VirusBarrier X5 ($70 ), respectively. Antivirus Programsīy buying a Mac, you’ve already taken the first and best step toward keeping malware off your computer. And while your Mac might not suffer any ill effects from virus-laden e-mail attachments, you could pass those dangerous files to your Windows-using friends.įinally, some malicious hackers have turned their talents from writing viruses to setting up phishing sites on the Web, where they hope to dupe you into handing over your credit card information, Social Security numbers, and so on. Running Windows on an Intel-based Mac-in either Boot Camp or with virtualization software such as Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion-exposes you to the same security risks as if you were running it on a Dell. But that doesn’t mean you should keep your guard down entirely. ![]()
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