Existing users, 
Good product for PCs, but why use it on a Mac? - Laraine Anne Barker
I don't remember having any problems with Symantec's software during the days of the "classic" OS, but I haven't bothered since switching to OS X--mostly because nobody, whether using a Mac or a PC, seems to have a good word to say for it. I've used a Mac since 1986 (when NAV was called SAM). It's sad to see old software favourites go sour, but it seems to be happening all the time.Friday, January 18 2008 @ 12:00 AM PST
Maybe This Needs to be Rethought? - rapope--2008
I too thought that I'd never see any virus on the Mac platform. But in the area of Trojan's, there appears to be something that just came up very recently (FWIW, I don't consider this to be FUD):http://www.macnewsworld.com/rsstory/63504.html
Regards,
Rocky
Friday, June 20 2008 @ 09:46 PM PDT
Good product for PCs, but why use it on a Mac? - baddawg65
I don't what environment you have but Symantec has detected several viruses that clamav and MacAffee have missed. I do agree there are not many Mac viruses out there because of the low user ratio (about 5%) so malware writers concentrate on Windows.However with the advent of Mac going to the Intel platform and having WINE/CrossOver with Windows OS on your system you system can get "infected" by an Windows malware also and if the malware is intended to erase your disk it will erase your disk since WINE/CrossOver is part of the system. Even with virtualization software like Parallels or VMware with Window OS if you double click on a virus it will launch Parallels or VMware with Window OS infect the Windows OS and shared drive if you have that configured.
Symantec has been pain for me also since they don't release their virus definitions as schedule which I remember from a Symantec Tech said was on every Thursday. Also they never update their product (until last week which they release Symantec AntiVirus 11) on the Mac platform that often.
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