Do I need to run a third party anti virus checker if I suspect email swishing?

Do I need to run third party antivirus if I suspect email swishing?

I'm not familiar with the term "swishing." Do you mean "phishing," which is the act of trying to trick you into divulging personal information or installing malware through an e-mail message that pretends to be from a legit company?
If so, and if you clicked the link, there are some things we need to know before we can be sure you are safe:
- What version of Mac OS X are you running (see About This Mac in the Apple menu if you don't know)?
- Do you have Java enabled in your web browser? (See disable Java in your web browser, if is isn't already disabled, the answer is yes.)
- If Java is enabled, is Java actually installed? (Go to Java Tester... do you see a pink rectangle, and if so, what does it say?)

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Header Data
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Category:     Consulting
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Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, must be downloaded directly from the developer’s website. If it comes from any other source, it's unsafe.
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10. As a Mac user you don't have to live in fear that your computer is going to be infected every time you install an application, read email, or visit a web page. But neither should you have the false idea that you will always be safe, no matter what you do. The greatest harm done by security software is precisely its selling point: it makes people feel safe. They may then feel safe enough to take risks from which the software doesn't protect them. Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices.

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