Internet Security Barrier X5 Antispam Edition DP
Company: Intego
Price: $99.95
http://www.intego.com/isbDP/

I recently dropped by my local Apple Store in search of an anti-virus package that had a few additional features, including blocking certain IP addresses from “getting into” my computer. The salesman told me that I didn’t need an anti-virus program because Macs are so safe and virtually invulnerable from attack.

Such attitudes, in my humble opinion, are arrogant and misdirected. It seems like every week or two a new virus or exploit emerges, aimed at Mac users. Fortunately, nearly every virus or malware release has required the user to do several stupid things in sequence:

1. You almost always have to be running with administrator privileges.
2. You almost always have to click a button on the screen begging you to install this software.

I realize this is hardly anything compared to the poor Windows users whose computers can be attacked even as the operating system is being installed for the first time!

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