Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Macintosh, Commercial
Symantec introduces Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection for Mac
by Simon Kerbel Mar 11th 2008 at 9:00AM
This package was designed for Mac users who have Windows installed on their machine, either as a separate partition (Boot Camp) or through the use of virtualization software such as Parallels and VMWare Fusion.
You've got to hand it to Norton: like some sort of Corporate Kamasutra, they position themselves in every way imaginable in order to suck up the bucks in the ever-competitive anti-virus market. While this is really just a shrewd repackage of existing products, the marketing and the sticker price (a reasonable $69.95) should convince a lot of users to pony up the dough.
If only Macs needed an antivirus solution...then this product would be invaluable (okay, we were just trying to rile a few feathers with that last remark).
Norton Antivirus Dual Protection for Mac requires OS X 10.4.10 or higher on the Mac side, and XP or Vista on the Windows side.
[via Macworld]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
michael said 6:34PM on 3-11-2008
But I thought Macs don't get viruses? :)
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Noah said 7:53PM on 3-11-2008
They certainly do. Thing is, they're all Windows viruses that don't do a darn thing until they're eventually forwarded on to Windows machines. :) Good to see Symantec hasn't given up the business of churning out the closest thing the Mac platform has to malware after all.
michael said 7:56PM on 3-11-2008
Yes, but according to the Apple ads, Macs can't get viruses. So Apple's lying, right?