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Best free anti-virus software for Mac?

  • 15-08-2006 1:41pm
    #1
    Miguel_Sanchez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,417 ✭✭✭


    Well? What would that be then?


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  • #2
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,850 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    ClamX Anti-virus; though it's only useful if you're, say, passing files from Windows->OSX->Windows.
    No virii for OSX out in the wild yet.


  • #3
    Miguel_Sanchez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,417 ✭✭✭Miguel_Sanchez


    K.O.Kiki wrote:
    No virii for OSX out in the wild yet.

    Muuuahhahahahahaaaaa! I AM INVINCIBLE!


  • #4
    retalivity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,747 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    Avast is pretty good. I got rid of mcafee, installed avast and it found over a hundred threats/viruses/worms on my computer. and it updates itself everyday without asking you to download the latest

    www.avast.com


  • #5
    SystemError51
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭SystemError51


    K.O.Kiki wrote:
    ClamX Anti-virus; though it's only useful if you're, say, passing files from Windows->OSX->Windows.
    No virii for OSX out in the wild yet.

    That is correct. There are no known virii for OS X. So it's no use to install an anti-virus scanner on a Mac, unless, like K.O.Kiki said, you're passing files from OS X to Windows.


  • #6
    DadaKopf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,731 ✭✭✭DadaKopf


    Avast? Is that an anti-virus for pirates?


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  • #7
    SystemError51
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭SystemError51


    DadaKopf wrote:
    Avast? Is that an anti-virus for pirates?

    I don't quite get what you mean... :confused: Anyways: Avast! is a free (for personal use) anti-virus solution for Windows systems.


  • #8
    dango
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 389 ✭✭dango


    AVG is quite good.

    please say viruses...


  • #9
    Simon201
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 866 ✭✭✭Simon201


    Mac + computer virus

    Two words that don't come together very often. 'Course there's always a first time although I'm using Mac for 12 years with not one bit of anti-virus ever installed and no virus prob. IMHO I wouldnt worry about it cos you'll soon hear if there's anything major out there.


  • #10
    Oriel
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,154 ✭✭✭Oriel


    It would be like selling Black and Decker to the Native Americans...


  • #11
    Miguel_Sanchez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,417 ✭✭✭Miguel_Sanchez


    DadaKopf wrote:
    Avast? Is that an anti-virus for pirates?

    Yaaaaarrrrrr!!! So it be!


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  • #12
    f9710145
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 52 ✭✭f9710145


    AVG is recommended to us in work for home use. I've been using it for a couple of years now, and to the best of my knowledge it's caught everything thrown at it.


  • #13
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    Just a quick note to those mentioning AVG, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO MAC PORT!
    Running AV software through virtualisation is not really a good idea IMO.

    Run ClamX. If nothing else it will prevent you possibly forwarding or harvesting Windows viruses.


  • #14
    tonyboy247
    Closed Accounts Posts: 143 ✭✭tonyboy247


    Nice one super good man where can I get it??


  • #15
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    Don't forget www.macupdate.com (my personal favourite) and www.versiontracker.com

    People seem to keep posting "where can I find X or Y" here all the time, and don't seem to know about these sites. If they did, they wouldn't ask.


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