But Windows Security Center do not detect this AV application.
Scan For Viruses On With Avast Mac OS X PartitionI am afraid, that avast do not protect the whole Macintosh machine, but only the Mac OS X partition.Right If yes, do i have to install (and pay ) a second avast AV scanner for PC. In fact it is a good kquestion as this might have been the case for a lot of people. An alternative is to download the HomeFree edition on the windows computer and once you have the official word about it then you will act accordingly. Quote from: al968 In fact it is a good kquestion as this might have been the case for a lot of people The real question is: why do people use Windows on a Mac maschine IMHO mostly because of running specialindividual Windows-only applications, this means for offline work, not for online like surfing, mail, chat enz. ![]() So: who really needs a Windows virus protection on a Macintosh I think, the MacPC edition is a network version and not a stand alone version for 2 partitions. For running games, for running servers and a bunch of other apps. ![]() I wasnt offended by your post, its just that I dont see any point to it as youre not asking any question nor does it inform the users. As far as Bootcamp or your emulation software: the point of such software is to be totaly separed from the Host operating system and hence it is not installed in the windows partition of the mac. Netherless without being protected you can scan your windows partition from OSX as the windows partition is represented by a file (if I am not mistaking) hence you can scan that particular file to see if there are any malwares in your windows environement. Right If yes, do i have to install (and pay ) a second avast AV scanner for PC Windows security center, of course, dont care about AV application, installed on MacOS X partition, and vice versa. BUT: - windows version catches MacOS X viruses as well, and MacOS X version catches windows viruses too - thus, when you have Windows partition mounted undr MacOS X, you can run avast on it, to detect malware (pretty good offline approach, useful against some stealth techniques) - also, windows version will detect malware on mounted (MacDrive, Apples RO-driver under MacOS X 10.6, or free HFSExplorer) MacOS X volumes note: NTFS is still not writable, using MacOS X driver (unless you use Paragon or NTFS-3G userspace add-ons). BUT: - windows version catches Mac OS X viruses as well, and MacOS X version catches windows viruses too - thus, when you have Windows partition mounted undr MacOS X, you can run avast on it, to detect malware (pretty good offline approach, useful against some stealth techniques) - also, windows version will detect malware on mounted (MacDrive, Apples RO-driver under MacOS X 10.6, or free HFSExplorer) MacOS X volumes note: NTFS is still not writable, using MacOS X driver (unless you use Paragon or NTFS-3G userspace add-ons). Yes, Avast on demand scan works fine on both partitions, when u start the scan from MacOS X (tested with Eicar testfile ), but when u have booted BootcampWindows, u have no on access protection. Its not recommendable to go online under Windows, when people have no Win-AV scanner installed.
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