Macs and malware - a Smashing Security splinter

Macs and malware - a Smashing Security splinter

Do you run an anti-virus on your Mac? Should you?

In this special "splinter" episode (or should it be a "shard"?) regular hosts Graham Cluley, Carole Theriault and Vanja Svajcer discuss the malware threat for Apple Macs and MacBooks.

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Special Guest: Vanja Švajcer.

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