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I need an antivirus program for my Mac, any suggestions.

simsaladimbamba

simsaladimbamba

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Nightarchaon said:
If you want to be naive and believe there are no mac viruses in the wild, go ahead, nothing short of your system being compromised will make you believe otherwise, so ingrained is the "belief" that macs are virus free.
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Then you know of one, ONE (1), virus affecting Mac OS X and being in public circulation?

It is not a believe I have, it is that other thing, ahem, knowledge. And since I have been running Mac OS X since 2004 and visiting all those sites being called shady (porn, torrents, wares, ...) and clicking away on them, I still not have contracted one virus or any other malware. Probably due to common sense.
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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Nightarchaon said:
Your quite correct, however i find that if someone is asking about antivirus software, its usually because they are doing something, or visiting sites, or downloading things, that might end with an infection.
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No antivirus app protects against foolish user actions. You can visit any website with safety, as long as you're practicing the safe computing tips posted.
Nightarchaon said:
If you want to be naive and believe there are no mac viruses in the wild, go ahead,
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If you're uninformed enough to believe otherwise, name one. Just one.
 
MDJCM

MDJCM

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simsaladimbamba said:
Again, not needed. Look at post #3 for more detailed info on how to securely live without AV software.
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Yep I get that, but just wanted to know if that specific bit of software was any good within the realm of Mac AV software.

GGJstudios said:
iAntiVirus has a bogus malware definitions list, making their detection accuracy untrustworthy. They also make inaccurate claims about the existence of Mac malware, in order to hype the need for their product. This post will give details.
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Thanks thats the kind thing I was after
 
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