Best anti virus app for mac

[cg0def]

I use Symantec Client Security; it may not be the best, but it non-intrusive.

I beg to differ. Symantec is one of the best of windows but their Mac offering is horrible. You can hardly configure anything it auto scans usb drives and disabling the autoscan is quite hard. Oh and top all that it actually uses and insane amount of resources. I went from Symantec to Sophos and it's been great. Sophos has an ugly interface and is not native at all but it does work and is quite light on the system. I get it for free atm so I can't tell you if it's expensive but if I had to recommend one Sophos will be it. Oh and I've tested all the commercial offering. Some are really pretty but ultimately you need something that works great and looks have nothing to do with that.

 

[The Hammer]

Avast and Dr.Web have Mac offerings or so I'm told.

 

[LAS.mac]

Avira for my Win XP under Parallels.
It is free, it works great and I also use it under Vista In my laptop.
Never had any problems. I had to uninstall McAfee (paid subscription) from Vista because it was slowing down the entire system to a Pentium 1 velocity.
Oh, and I only had huge system crashes, under windows, when I bought Norton Utilities and Antivirus. And their support really sucks.
My iMac has a free antivirus intalled, ClamXAV I guess...

 

[upinflames900]

Do you really need an antivirus software for mac? I have never had a problem with viruses, plus any software just slows down your computer a lot!

 

[Fizzoid]

Do you really need an antivirus software for mac? I have never had a problem with viruses, plus any software just slows down your computer a lot!

That question's already been answered in the several other threads that exist about this

 

[dacreativeguy]

The best anti-virus app for Mac is common sense.

Yes. Abstinence is the best policy. If you find yourself clicking on all the spam emails to learn how to enhance your love life then you have problems far beyond what AV can solve for you.

 

[marold280]

i use ClamXaV its very good and all you really need for a mac

 

[Peace]

I'm currently beta testing a new app from McAfee for OSX 10.5 and above. Works pretty good and it should be out pretty soon.

 

[EmperorDarius]

iAntivirus: free (for personal use), very light, should catch everything out there.
If I were to buy an av for more systems, or business/commercial use I'd get VirusBarrier though.

I'm currently beta testing a new app from McAfee for OSX 10.5 and above. Works pretty good and it should be out pretty soon.

I'm guessing it won't be free, right?

 

[Peace]

iAntivirus: free (for personal use), very light, should catch everything out there.
If I were to buy an av for more systems, or business/commercial use I'd get VirusBarrier though.



I'm guessing it won't be free, right?

Not free. It's a full featured app that covers anti-virus,malware etc. all in one app.

 

[alphaod]

For BootCamp, just install the antivirus in Windows.

what is the best antivirus app.

Common sense.

 

[EmperorDarius]

Not free. It's a full featured app that covers anti-virus,malware etc. all in one app.

From the website it just looks like a normal antivirus (which already detects malware and spyware). I thought it had some other features like firewall, anti spam etc.

 

[QuantumLo0p]

ClamXav.

IMO, users should make an attempt at being responsible and not knowingly pass viruses on to others, Windows or Mac.

 

[Consultant]

OSX = no virus
Best anti-virus for OSX is not software, but common sense

Common sense:
do not click on links from emails
get software from legit sources
do not install any codecs or anything for porn

Windows:
You need
anti-virus
anti-spyware
firewall

 

[adrik]

There are lot of anti viruses prevailing int he IT field but i like most iAntiVirus and AVG Free

 

[EmperorDarius]

Windows:
You need
anti-virus
anti-spyware
firewall

+HIPS, Sandboxing, Anti-rootkit.