Antivirus Protection

[ventuss]

Do you use an antivirus protection? Does Apple officially recommend one? I never did, but recently got the Norton 360 Premier and it covers both PC and Mac. I don't know if I should try it.

 

[MacDawg]

Most would recommend that AV is not needed
Most would also recommend to stay away from Norton on the Mac

I personally do not use any AV on my Macs
But I do use common sense

 

[Macman45]

I have never used any AV package on any of my Mac's, but a free, non resident ( memory) app is available ClamxAV from the app store...It's free and is or used to be updated daily.

Mac's are not prone to viral infections the way a Windows machine would be...Only Malware and that's an off chance.

 

[maflynn]

I don't use any and as MacDawg posted, Norton is one of the worst, in fact its generally regarded being worse then an actual virus/malware.

 

[FreakinEurekan]

None. They cause far more problems than they solve.

If you have kids using the computer, make sure they're not using an Admin account, they can't hurt much.

 

[ufkdo]

There is no virus known which affects OS X. There are several malwares which can be avoided by just using a little bit of common sense. So, AV is not needed.