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#49794 08/23/18 07:45 PM
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Is Ultimate Antivirus (free) as good as it claims?

Before I download it.

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jaybass #49799 08/24/18 11:32 AM
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I can’t find a URL for a product called ‘Ultimate Antivirus’, so I would never trust that anyway. I only see ‘Ultimate Antivirus’ as a headline for several fake editorial sites.

-There sure is malware for Macs, but not real viruses. You can’t buy a product to safeguard you from clicking away on shady sites. Just use common sense and a bit of a suspicious mind, and you won’t need such products.

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Urquhart #49800 08/24/18 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted By: Urquhart
I can’t find a URL for a product called ‘Ultimate Antivirus’, so I would never trust that anyway. I only see ‘Ultimate Antivirus’ as a headline for several fake editorial sites.
- There sure is malware for Macs, but not real viruses. You can’t buy a product to safeguard you from clicking away on shady sites. Just use common sense and a bit of a suspicious mind, and you won’t need such products.

#1 RE "Is Ultimate Antivirus (free) as good as it claims?"
Nothing is as good as it claims to be.

#2 Take Urquhart's advice.

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jaybass #49801 08/24/18 06:48 PM
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I compare ANTI-VIRUS programs to human flu shots. The flu shot vaccine is only good for the KNOWN viruses. Theoretically, such a flu shot would be useless for a unknown virus that surfaces.

Anti-virus software is only good as long as it discovers a virus before it travels around The Net. But how is it possible to discover a virus before it happens? It can only be discovered/addressed after it has surfaced somewhere on the internet - in which case, it may be already too late for some computers. Then comes the search for a "fix."

P.S. Despite the imperfect simile, I still recommend seasonal flu shots for humans. grin

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Urquhart #49802 08/25/18 01:13 AM
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I did find Ultimate Antivirus but it is not free as when I first came across it.

For what they are asking, it should be a good product, not that I will be buying it'.

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jaybass #49808 08/25/18 03:12 PM
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FWIW, HERE’s a recent review of Mac anti-virus/malware software.


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alternaut #49810 08/25/18 03:53 PM
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After reading this TechSurvivors thread, I would stay away from Bitdefender.


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jchuzi #49915 09/07/18 06:13 PM
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I have just deleted Bitdefender after reading that thread you posted and I didn't have any problem at all.

I uninstalled Bitdefender with it's own uninstaller in utilities and then dragged the icon out of apps to the trash.

I then opened easy find and it found 5 more files which I trashed under file menu.

AFAIK there are no more bits left.

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