Virus Protection

[barryswanson]

I'll probably get banned for asking this but I will anyway. Yes I did use the search tool but all the posts I was reading where old.

Here goes. I just bought a new i5 iMac and was wondering if i should buy virus protection software?

 

[S.B.G]

No. Mac's do not get viruses.

Mac Virus/Malware Info

 

[MacHamster68]

yes,if you ever want to install windows on your Mac
or want to share files, send emails or are on the same network as someone with a windows pc and dont want to flood him /her with malware some antivirus/anti malwareprogram could be necessary if you care about windows users

 

[George Knighton]

yes,if you ever want to install windows on your Mac

On both of my Bootcamp partitions, I run Microsoft Security Essentials. It's completely free and does about as good a job as anything else ever does.

or want to share files, send emails or are on the same network as someone with a windows pc and dont want to flood him /her with malware some antivirus/anti malwareprogram could be necessary if you care about windows users

You know what the hard core Mac World is going to say about that.

 

[MacDawg]

Not all of the discussions are old
In fact, there is a new one pretty much every week

Try this one for starters