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.Mac reinstates Virex download for members with new version 7.5.1

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Dave the Triffids over at MacSlash writes: ”Virex 7.5.1 is now available for download from the .Mac members area: Network Associates completed its beta testing of this upgrade earlier this month. The new version includes “active scanning” and “automatic eUpdate” functions, with options for scheduling scans and updating the virus definitions. Back in August, Apple offered Virex 7.5 to .Mac members, but had to pull that version from the site when it crashed a number of users’ Macs on booting. Since that version, the mailbox scanning function has been removed, and a bug fixed in the installer where it checked for the existence of competitor anti-virus products.”

For those who think anti-virus software for the Mac is a racket, keep in mind that although your Mac may be immune (so far) to the most damning viruses to date, your Mac can still be an “enabler” for many nasty viruses. If you exchange MS Word documents, for example, with Windows users and you receive an infected document and forward it on to a Windows user, that virus didn’t hurt you but the recipient will be infected unless they have taken precautions themselves. Now think about that for a minute. The person you sent that document to uses Windows… they have already proven they can’t be trusted to make the wisest choices when it comes to computing :) Do them a favor and protect them from themselves. Log in to your mac.com account today and grab the new Virex update.

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