Stuff like Winrar, malwarebytes, and CCleaner are on windows. Basically upkeep, archiving, and general use tools. Freeware is preferable, but if there is something really useful that isn't freeware, so be it.
The only names I have right now are Sophos, Onyx, and Microsoft office. I'm sure there's more stuff than that out there though.
Also, is there a Mac equivalent for foobar? I'm not a huge fan of iTunes.
Macs are not immune to malware, but no true viruses exist in the wild that can run on Mac OS X, and there never have been any since it was released over 12 years ago. The only malware in the wild that can affect Mac OS X is a handful of trojans, which can be easily avoided by practicing safe computing (see below). 3rd party antivirus apps are not necessary to keep a Mac malware-free, as long as a user practices safe computing, as described in the following link.
Read the
What security steps should I take? section of the
Mac Virus/Malware FAQ for tips on practicing safe computing.
I recommend avoiding Sophos, as it can actually increase a Mac's vulnerability, as described
here and
here. 3rd party antivirus apps are not needed to keep a Mac malware-free, as long as the user practices safe computing, as described in the following link.
If anyone insists on running antivirus for some reason,
ClamXav (which is free) is one of the best choices, since it isn't a resource hog, detects both Mac and Windows malware and doesn't run with elevated privileges.
You don't need "cleaner" or "maintenance" apps to keep your Mac running well, and some of these apps can do more harm than good. Most only remove files/folders or unused languages or architectures, which does nothing more than free up some drive space, with the risk of deleting something important in the process. These apps will not make your Mac run faster or more efficiently, since having stuff stored on a drive does not impact performance, unless you're running out of drive space. In fact, deleting some caches can hurt performance, rather than help it, since more system resources are used and performance suffers while each cache is being rebuilt. Many of these tasks should only be done selectively to troubleshoot specific problems, not en masse as routine maintenance. OS X does a good job of taking care of itself, without the need for 3rd party software. Among other things, it has its own maintenance scripts that run silently in the background on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, without user intervention.
This is OS X, not Windows. You don't have to "monkey around under the hood" to keep it running well.
