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Best AntiVirus for Leopard?
- Thread starter legaleye3000
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It's not necessary.
Viruses and Malware are virtually unknown in Mac OS X.
AV programs on Mac OS X are likely to do more damage to your system than they are protecting you from it, e.g. they will quarantine files they decide are malicious, and *poof* some application no longer works and you spend the entire day googling for an answer before you find the cause (this happens a lot in Windows).
What about that new mac virus that came out about a week ago....? And now since Apple is getting more marketshare/popularity, more viruses are more likely to be created
The problem with Clam XAV is that it takes ages to complete a scan, it took over 24 hours on my iMac G5, whereas Intego takes about 1 hour.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...-a-new-threat-but-the-sky-is-not-falling.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7079777.stm
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/pos...-a-new-threat-but-the-sky-is-not-falling.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7079777.stm
I think he's referring to the trojan that came out a few weeks ago. Basically it involved you installing something that was downloaded from a porn site. It's not a virus, in that it was useless until you activated it with your system administrator password. Certainly people will be stupid enough to fall for these things and we shouldn't take it lightly, that is inevitable, but it's hardly a virus, and it's hardly a reason to run a virus scanner.
Edit: http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/10/31/new.trojan.targets.macs/
Again, trojan, not virus.
What do you mean if you have Windows machines around?
I have a home wireless network with 4 Windows laptops & my Macbook, is my MB in danger because it is using my wireless network that the other machines are using as well?
Mac antivirus apps scan for viruses that affect Windows, so you don't send infected files (that won't hurt your Mac) to an unprotected Windows machine.
No, but only because its wrapped in tin foil... it is wrapped in tin foil right?
You have to take all precautions when using that Wi-Fi you could intercept extraterrestrial communications. It's also used to stop the government from reading the files on your hard drive. Yes tin foil is the cheapest form of protection you can buy against these things.
You should really get that idea out of your head. The reason for the "Lack thereof" viruses and spyware on the Mac OS is not because of low marketshare or because the hackers don't want to be bothered. That what people are saying but many of them want to shun the fact that the Mac OS is built upon UNIX and it's a solid security wall wheras Windows is not built on such a secure system.
Apple's Mac marketshare has greatly increased and still no viruses or spyware. No need to install AV that will slow down your system. Personally I believe this is one of the reason Intel has spent so much time on R&D to make faster processors to accommodate Windows machines due to the need to install AV that slows the system. Now that's just my opinion.
When/If the time comes that Macs begin to get viruses then is the time to get antiviral software because now you would pretty much be wasting your money. I really don't like any of the anti virus apps on the market. The whole 6 years I was using Windows I rarely used any of them and never had a virus.
Personally I believe this is one of the reason Intel has spent so much time on R&D to make faster processors to accommodate Windows machines due to the need to install AV that slows the system. Now that's just my opinion.
Speaking of tin-foil hats. Nice theory
mmmh, good point, mine didn't take that long and just did it once.
And based on the fact that no mac virus are on the wild, it think it make sense to keep and eye on your downloads, your desktop and mail attachments... just in case a windows virus gets to your mac and although it won't hurt OSX, at least you will be alerted that a certain file is infected and you won't be spreading the infection to other windows machines.
also, ClamXav is free
Just my 2 cents
Cheers
Most of the multi-core advertising I've seen usually involves a core dedicated to running antivirus.Speaking of tin-foil hats. Nice theory
do you actually think the virus will magically appear in an unknown location and you need to san your entire disk?
use sentry for desktop, torrent folder/p2p folder, mail downloaded folder and browser cache you should be ok. i was going through some old windows cds of my freinds and clam found it within seconds of my inserting the disk.
I think it funny when people say things like this because they have absolutely no way of knowing if they did or didn't since they were not running virus protection and are basically talking out their ass.
Other then the fact you know when your computer is infected. There are a lot of tell tale signs that your computer has a virus. You do not need a scanner to tell you. I have gone years on Windows without a virus and the computer ran just as fast as it did when I first built it.
I don't open emails from people I don't know or wasn't expecting it from, I don't go to websites that will give me a virus, and I don't download software unless I trust the source.
If I do need to go anywhere I am unsure of online then I use my Mac.
You do not need anti virus software if you know how your computer works, and how it is supposed to operate.
Most of the multi-core advertising I've seen usually involves a core dedicated to running antivirus.
You've got to be kidding me. You're defending this theory? Forget the evolution of technology, forget more demanding applications, forget faster computers in general. The reason Intel and AMD are in business, the reason that billions of dollars are being invested into processor technology, is to accomodate virus scanners?
That is easily the most preposterous thing I've seen advanced today on these forums. Congratulations.