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Virus protection needed with MBP & FCP?
I’m sorry if I make you upset with such a question, but..
I’ve bought my first Mac in May, and turning my back on editing systems running on PC as we speak. Specially love this forum with amazingly quick responses to everyone involved.
As i’ve done editing in PC for 9 years, i have always had to keep my virusprotection up to date. Now i have no protection, and still using my MBP to browse in the net, editing, e-mailing etc.
Should i be worried? Which software should i buy, to be able to edit fluently, and not to be interrupted by virusprotection?
Or should i use my cool laptop only to editing?Thanks, and nice to part of this “FCP family”
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Anyone??
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The general feeling out there is that it’s unnecessary. There are no known viruses for the Mac, but that’s not to say there never will be. Mac can “carry” viruses in infected files, but AFAIK cannot be infected – Macs don’t run PC executables.
I don’t run any virus protection on my PB, which I use to go online, but having said that I also take the precaution of not going online with my main G5 edit suite other than for updates.
Couldn’t tell you how any software will interefere with general program operation, but I do hear that NAV can sometimes get in the way.
Hope this helps.
Enzo Tedeschi
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