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"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:%23yHExrQkFHA.1416@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> "amber.2" <amber.2.1sq1ho@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:amber.2.1sq1ho@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au...
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>> I know this is a microsoft site but i need your help. does any one here
>> know any thing about Imac's. as my daughter bought one dont ask me why
>> any way she's been brain washed into telling every one her imac is not
>> a personal computer and she wont even dl any antivirus because it
>> doesnt say persificly for imac i personally think its a heap of rubish
>> as it keeps freezing up all the time .What can i tell her besides the
>> obverse.
>>
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> Her iMac is a computer and it is subject to potential attack from virus and
> spyware and all sorts of Internet and e-mail bourn nasties.
> She still needs to get herself the right protection for her machine.
> yes she needs Mac specific versions of the product but major vendors do Mac
> versions of their software.
> e.g.
>
http://www.symantec.com/product/index_macintosh.html
> There are lots of other vendors choose yours according to your needs/budget
> etc.
> Ensure you buy products for the right version of the MasOS her iMac is
> running
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> Regards,
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> Mike
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> "amber.2" <amber.2.1sq1ho@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:amber.2.1sq1ho@no-mx.forums.eyo.com.au...
>>
>> I know this is a microsoft site but i need your help. does any one here
>> know any thing about Imac's. as my daughter bought one dont ask me why
>> any way she's been brain washed into telling every one her imac is not
>> a personal computer and she wont even dl any antivirus because it
>> doesnt say persificly for imac i personally think its a heap of rubish
>> as it keeps freezing up all the time .What can i tell her besides the
>> obverse.
>>
>>
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>> amber.2
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