Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!ucla-cs!ucla-se!watson!weiss From: weiss@watson.seas.ucla.edu (Michael Weiss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Virus Programs Message-ID: <2519@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 24 Apr 91 18:22:40 GMT References: Sender: news@SEAS.UCLA.EDU Distribution: comp Organization: SEASnet, University of California, Los Angeles Lines: 12 In article mtucker@greyrock.mso.colostate.edu (Michael R. Tucker) writes: > newer virus protection programs on the market. (we already have > Gatekeeper, and Disinfectant) I am looking for info on Symantec > Antivirus for Mac (SAM). Any reccomendations, cautions, steering > to other programs? Any help is appreciated............ You know what? There's not a whole lot to recommend SAM over Gate and Dis. SAM does the same as both of the two you currently have, and it has some nice password protection. You can get updates on viruses over the phone (they also send update cards to all registered users). OTOH, I'm not too sure that it's worth all the money. Granted, it's not all THAT expensive, but it's more than free (for Gate and Dis). Also, SAM is not as user-friendly as Dis.