Mac Virus?

[Tom Foolery]

lol ya i bet the title caught you attention. so anyways i'm getting my first mac in a couple days, I'm so hyped for it. but i was just wondering what i should do for anti-virus and anti-spyware, and especially what should i do while running parallels or boot-camp. any programs you recommend. for my windows i have avast and I'm more than happy with it

 

[72930]

There are NO viruses you can pick up for OSX...use avast in Parallels and Boot Camp if you like it. There are anti-virus apps for OSX (including the popular ClamXAV) but they only scan for Windows viruses incase you're sharing files with unprotected PCs 🙂

 

[flopticalcube]

yeah, clamxav

 

[0007776]

For the Mac you do not need anything, but for windows you will and if you like what you are using now I would suggest going with that.

 

[wazgilbert]

I deleted the viruses and malware from my imac,

it was the microsoft office testdrive!

 

[Osarkon]

At the moment there's no viruses or spyware for OS X, so you don't need anything. 🙂

 

[Ninja Guidan]

For Parallels or Boot Camp, Norton or McAfee. Or check to see if your ISP offers some antivirus software for free.