Which Anti-virus should I get?

[dextertangocci]

There isn't a lot of Virus protection software for the Mac because you don't really need it, and I havent seen a Mac virus yet but I think it's not 100% proof. It still exist, just a very small percentage. But whatever you decided to get, do not get Norton! It will screw your computer bad and it a CPU hog!

Dude, your posts are confusing.

BTW, how's your quad G5 Xeon doing?

 

[miles01110]

FWIW I still see some Macro viruses embedded in old Office documents that need to be cleand up or at least not retransmitted, so even when you're not dealing with EXEs AV, can be useful when you are sharing files with vulnerable Windows systems...

Aslo, on our systems at work, you can't disable Norton w/o an admin password for the Symantec Corporate server. (i.e. it's not enough to be an admin on the box).

B

That's why nobody should use Office, and just stick with a TeX editor. It has more features anyways.

Don't get Norton.....

 

[bigrell486]

Well, wow, buddy, you're putting everyone else at risk when you run Windows without anti-virus software using Bootcamp.

Mac OS X doesn't need anti-virus software at this point but running Windows on Apple hardware isn't any safer than running it on HP or Dell hardware.

Ok let me put it to you this way, as an IT tech assistant, I think I can distiguish the difference between Windows on Apple Hardware and Windows on Any Other PC Manufactures hardware. Not once did I state, "Because I run Windows on a Mac, I can't get viruses", I thought people on here were smart enough to distinguish the difference between Mac OS requiring no Virus software and Windows OS requiring it. And if you must know I didn't install the virus software because I would have had to disable it will installing various development tools and system updates anyway. But I guess you will be happy to know that I have my Anti-Virus up and running on my Windows side.

 

[orangezorki]

Someone mentioned virex - don't use it. Apple used to offer it for free with .Mac, but it disappeared from the website without reason. I tried it, and ironically all it did was prevent me from using dialup. I suppose that totally stopping you from using the internet is one way of preventing virii...

David

 

[neoserver]

I can almost guarantee they don't check your computer before giving you access to the school network. We have the same silly warnings here like "you cannot access the network until you first install anti-virus" - but unless they're going to physically come to your dorm or wherever you live and make you turn on your computer and show them you have anti-virus (which no large campus is going to do) they don't really have any way to detect whether or not your Mac has anti-virus software.

Pretty much none of the Mac users here at Bradley University ever pay attention to what the stupid tech department here says, especially regarding antivirus.

They don't use DHCP here. We all have unique static IPs so they come and configure the machine with the appropriate IPs and Gateways. They also install some software on the Windows machines like Putty among others.

So yes, they do come and check.

In Addition, I'm quite aware that I don't need AV. I'm quite aware that there are no viruses yet for OS X. I've been running an eMac at home for quite some time. So i know what I'm doing. Its simply school policy that requires AV on every computer in the event of something bad happening.

 

[dpaanlka]

Install OS X onto an external hard drive, install AV onto that to *show* them you have AntiVirus, then when they leave copy down the network settings and enter them into your *real* OS X partition.

 

[neoserver]

I'll end up doing something similar except i'll install ClamXav and just have it installed and functioning when the IT guys are in configuring my network. Then i'll disable it. And if they ever need to preform work on it (hopefully never) I'll just re-enable it.

 

[bousozoku]

Ok let me put it to you this way, as an IT tech assistant, I think I can distiguish the difference between Windows on Apple Hardware and Windows on Any Other PC Manufactures hardware. Not once did I state, "Because I run Windows on a Mac, I can't get viruses", I thought people on here were smart enough to distinguish the difference between Mac OS requiring no Virus software and Windows OS requiring it. And if you must know I didn't install the virus software because I would have had to disable it will installing various development tools and system updates anyway. But I guess you will be happy to know that I have my Anti-Virus up and running on my Windows side.

I'm sure that there are plenty of people at RIT who will be happy, including other MacRumors members.

Unfortunately, a lot of people have a lot of misconceptions about what's right. We've already seen in this thread that someone thinks that there are Mac OS X viruses. Other people can't seem to be able to discern that an Apple machine is just as susceptible to viruses when running Windows as any HP or Dell machine.

 

[Neonguy]

Dude, your posts are confusing.

BTW, how's your quad G5 Xeon doing?

Hmm? How it is confusing? I don't know how I can make it anymore sense that it's already is. I'm not going to claim Mac OS X is 100% virus proof because there is no way to prove that it's has none. I did research and heard from people they still get it. Maybe from Microsoft Word Document Attachment from email? but it isn't very harmful like on the PC and very small percentage. I'm just saying don't get Norton whatever he decided. But I never install any Virus software on my Mac if that what you wanted to know.

Oh my Mac Pro G5 Xeon is running great btw. Today I launch Adobe Photoshop CS 2 and it scream

 

[bousozoku]

Hmm? How it is confusing? I don't know how I can make it anymore sense that it's already is. I'm not going to claim Mac OS X is 100% virus proof because there is no way to prove that it's has none. I did research and heard from people they still get it. Maybe from Microsoft Word Document Attachment from email? but it isn't very harmful like on the PC and very small percentage. I'm just saying don't get Norton whatever he decided. But I never install any Virus software on my Mac if that what you wanted to know.

Oh my Mac Pro G5 Xeon is running great btw. Today I launch Adobe Photoshop CS 2 and it scream

::bangs head against wall again::

It's not a G5. G5 relates to the PowerPC generation and since the MacPro has no PowerPC processor, G5 doesn't apply.

 

[coffey7]

That is the biggest crap I have ever heard. Almost bigger crap than the Airport managers that let 2 terrorists on airplanes that 1 didn't have photo ID and the other was on a terrorist watch list(a big warning came up on the screen).

 

[Neonguy]

::bangs head against wall again::

It's not a G5. G5 relates to the PowerPC generation and since the MacPro has no PowerPC processor, G5 doesn't apply.

lol, it's a joke. I don't really own a Mac Pro G5 Xeon. He already know that when he ask me the question. Was trying to make him envy of my new Mac Pro.

 

[bousozoku]

lol, it's a joke. I don't really own a Mac Pro G5 Xeon. He already know that when he ask me the question. Was trying to make him envy of my new Mac Pro.

Well, I'm glad your joke made you laugh. I was still wondering about the silliness concerning the viruses.

 

[Neonguy]

Well, I'm glad your joke made you laugh. I was still wondering about the silliness concerning the viruses.

The Virus was real from what I heard. It's no joke.

 

[bousozoku]

The Virus was real from what I heard. It's no joke.

There are no native viruses for Mac OS X. There was one incident of someone on MacRumors typing his administrator password when prompted, which lead an exploit to take control of iChat, but he had to authorise it to do that. It would not work on its own. There was also a scripting exploit and a few other, more minor exploits.

There are Microsoft Office viruses that exist and run on both platforms but almost all of them do very little on Mac OS X, either, since most write some x86 DOS code into a vulnerable Windows point.

There are a couple of flaws deep in the kernel but they require extremely specific circumstances including physical access to a machine and most virus writers aren't interested enough to do the research on Darwin.

I'm not saying that Mac OS X is safe forever. It's just that, with a patched system and restricted physical access, it's very safe.

 

[FFTT]

THERE IS NO MAC OSX VIRUS!

There have been proof of concept sudo trojans, but so far they are not out in the wild.

Read my post above about downloading from unknown sources,
and setting up administrative and Super User accounts.

 

[phuong]

i think you should just simply install XP on Boot Camp and then install any (even free) AV on it, and show that to them.
well, you need to install AV on XP anyway..