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Do Macintosh computers needs anti-virus software?In: Apple and Mac |
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After my experience: No. But you should not work in an Admin account, what is unfortunately the standard setting. But every Mac needs an admin account, therefore you will create a new account, only for installations and so on.
Example and procedure:
Your mac has one user account, called "Bob".
Go to System Prefs > Accounts and create a new account (unlock the lock before), call it eg. "Master" with a nice password. Check the checkbox "Allow user to administer this computer".
Log out user "Bob" and log in as "Master". Go to SysPrefs again and select the user "Bob" and UNCHECK the checkbox "Allow user...". Log out "Master" and log in as "Bob".
What has changed: Bob is not allowed to install or remove any software anymore, so if you ("Bob") want to install something, the Mac will ask you to identify as admin, and you guess it, you just have to enter "Master" and his password.
That protects you and anything you click in the net from installing accidentally. The only thing: Think before you enter "Master"s password.
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