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I have a Mac OS X 10.6.8 but need to to "upgrade to the patch level required" in order to download Avira Free Antivirus for Mac. How do I do this please?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Unless you want problems do not download "Avira" or anything like it.
Why do you perceive a need for it?
Thanks John. I think I need it because my PC is running very slow and shuts itself down a couple times a day for no apparent reason. I suspect I've collected malware etc over the last 6 years I've had it ...
The vast majority of Mac "anti-virus" software can only be reasonably described as malware itself. Install none of it.
After it restarts, does a dialog box resembling the following appear?
Find the Console app - it is in your Utilities folder and looks like this
You can find it by selecting Utilities from the Finder's Go menu.
Open Console.
If the log list column on the left is not already displayed, show the log list by selecting Show Log List from Console's View menu. Click the "reveal triangles" adjacent to User Diagnostic Reports and System Diagnostic Reports.
Select the most recent crash or kernel panic report. They have names ending in .crash or .panic, respectively. Copy and Paste the text of the report in a reply to this discussion.
Most of the entries will be cryptic but will contain information you might consider personal such as your Mac's name. If you do not want that information to appear, delete or obscure it when posting your reply. Leave enough information so that the entries can be deciphered.
"upgrade to the patch level required"?
