An Apple A Day...

It is a common misconception that Apple systems are immune to malware; though they are "resistant" to infection, no system is truly immune. Anti-virus/anti-malware products are available from the Apple store. AV products from independent providers will be listed here as we add them to our support list.

Here find Recommended Products for Macs and their latest versions. These are all final release versions of programs that we use on our personal computers. Better yet: they're all FREE*. We recommend avoiding "beta" release as they are considered to be in testing and may still be "buggy".

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*Unless otherwise noted. Mac OS included with new system. Upgrade surcharge may apply.




Category - Manufacturer - Product - Version





OS - Apple - Snow Leopard - 10.6

**Apple is charging for 10.6 as it is also available as a stand-alone OS (which ships free on all new Macs beginning 28 Aug 09). Upgrading from 10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard is available at a discounted rate.

Get Snow Leopard 10.6

OS X Lion (10.7) has been announced by Apple with an expected release date of "Summer 2011".
Wikipedia page for "Lion"






**Note that Microsoft programming is compatible ONLY with Intel-based Macs and that not all such Macs will be able to support such programming.
Fees may be incurred when switching from Mac OS to Win.


OS - Microsoft - Win7 (SP not yet released)

OS - Microsoft - Vista - SP 2

OS - Microsoft - XP - SP 3

IB - Microsoft - IE - 8 (Win7 - prebundled with OS, Vista)

IB - Microsoft - IE - 7 (XP)

*IE 8 is designed for Win7 and Vista, but is also compatible with XP systems provided they have the proper patches and hardware
(including dual-core processor, graphics card, SP2, and Adobe Flash 10 ActiveX). Lesser-endowed XP's should continue to use IE7.

*IE9 is currently in Beta release. Until the Full and Final version is released CF will continue to recommend IE8.

A - Microsoft - Windows Media Player (WMP) - 12 (Win7 - prebundled with OS)

A - Microsoft - Windows Media Player (WMP) - 11 (Win XP, Vista)






A - AmericaOnline - AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) - 2.1 (Mac G4 10.4.11+, Mac 10.5.3+)

Update IB - AmericaOnline - AOL - Desktop 1.7 (Mac G4 10.4.8+, Mac 10.5.3+) Update

IB - AmericaOnline - Netscape - 9.0.0.6 ***Netscape Discontinued 1 March 2008*** merged into Mozilla





Update Nov 2010 - IB - Mozilla - Firefox - 3.6.12
(32-bit Win 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista, Win7, 64-bit Win7 capable; Mac 10.4+, Linux) - Update





*Apple Computers supplies their own version of Java. Use the Software Update feature (available on the Apple menu) to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java for your Mac.





Update - I - Adobe - Shockwave - 11.5.9.615 (WIN XP SP2+, WIN Vista, Win7; Mac 10.4+, Mac G3+ with Safari 2.0+) Update

I - Adobe - Flash - 10.1 (WIN 2000, Server 2003, Server 2008, WIN XP, WIN Vista, Win7; Mac 10.4+; Solaris 10, Linux Redhat 5+, Linux openSUSE 11, Linux Ubuntu 7.10+ and 8.04+) (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera)

I - Adobe - Flash - 9.0.246.0 (WIN 98, WIN ME, Mac 10.1-10.3, Linux Redhat 3-4, Linux Novelle SUSE 9.x-10.1)

CF Advisory *Some users have reported issues with IE7 and Shockwave 11 under Vista SP1. Issues have also been reported with Flash 10 and IE 7 under Vista SP1 ("IE has encountered and error with a plug-in and needs to close" then IE restarts). It is unclear if XP or IE 8 are also affected. One possible fix may be to install the latest QuickTime release. QuickTime 7+ is required for Shockwave 11. See also Adobe KB: Troubleshoot Shockwave. Reinstall of Shockwave AFTER install/upgrade of QuickTime may be necessary. Advisory

*I - Apple - QuickTime Free Download - 7.6.9 (WIN XP SP2+, Vista, Win7, and MAC)
**QuickTime should be preinstalled with Auto-update on Mac systems.
The latest QuickTime also installs with iTunes and iPhone apps.

I - Adobe - Acrobat Reader - 9.4 ("Power PC") or X [10] (Intel) (8.1.4, 7.1.1)(Win 2000, Server 2003, Server 2008, XP SP 2+, Vista, Win7; Mac 10.4.11-10.6;
Linux SUSE 10 SP 2, Linux Ubuntu 7.10, Linux Red Hat WS 5; Solaris 10 u5, OpenSolaris 2008.11)





New I - Grisoft - AVG LinkScanner - (version number unavailable) (Mac 10.5.6+ "Leopard", 10.6+ "Snow Leopard"; Safari 3.x-5.x+, Mozilla Firefox 3.x+) New

**Intel-based Macs only.





*MBAM does not support Mac systems at this time.





Spybot S+D supported browser list

*Spybot S+D does not support Mac at this time.




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**TrendMicro offers Paid Subscription products for Mac at this time. Smart Surfing for Mac is compatible with Mac G4-G5 (Intel), OS 10.4.11+ "Tiger", 10.5.5+ "Leopard", 10.6+ "Snow Leopard".





**CCleaner does not currently support Mac.



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OS - Operating System, IB - internet browser, I - internet plug-in/add-on, A - application, AM - Anti-Malware, U - Utility

Manufacturer (Outside) Links

Adobe
Apple, Inc.
AVG home
CCleaner
Firefox @ Mozilla
Java @ Sun Microsystems
MBAM
Microsoft
Spybot S+D @ Safer-Networking
TrendMicro

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