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Mac anti-virus software

  • 19-07-2009 9:21pm
    #1
    Keenski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4 ✭


    Hey Everyone, was wondering if you could help me.

    I just bought a MBP 13 and was wondering if you need anti-virus software for a mac. I am aware that the apple site offers a number of anti-virus software packages. But I also read on a number of different sites that this software is not really needed for macs.

    Also if you guys think you should get anti-virus software are there any decent free ones?


Comments

  • #2
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    Not sure I'd bother. I've got Sophos on mine since college gives it away, but I've it disabled to save battery life and improve performance.


  • #3
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    You don't need one. But if you insist - download iAntiVirus, turn off the continuous protection and run a scan once a year. You'll be grand.

    Or alternatively if you have too much money you can make a donation to the Norton/Symatec Bloatware Foundation. Your Mac will never forgive you though.

    (There should probably be a sticky for this question.)


  • #4
    J-blk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,906 ✭✭✭J-blk


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Or alternatively if you have too much money you can make a donation to the Norton/Symatec Bloatware Foundation.

    Installing any of those will also help you "preserve" the Windows experience, by causing your Mac to crash frequently and randomly for no good reason at all, as well as being slow as **** when trying to do just about anything...

    Anyway, as already said, you really don't need one... Plenty of discussion on this in the past:

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055542355&highlight=antivirus

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055482352&highlight=antivirus

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055351400&highlight=antivirus

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055047222&highlight=antivirus


  • #5
    conchubhar1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,653 ✭✭✭conchubhar1


    i would not bother

    save time, effort, possibly money, performance and space.


  • #6
    macdave
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭macdave


    no need to. no viruses exist at the moment. if you need to scan files to pass on to windows users you can use something like the opensource clamx av to scan individual files.


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  • #7
    Talisman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,284 ✭✭✭Talisman


    J-blk wrote: »
    Installing any of those will also help you "preserve" the Windows experience, by causing your Mac to crash frequently and randomly for no good reason at all, as well as being slow as **** when trying to do just about anything...
    :D The number one reason I'm currently replacing my mother's computer with a Mac mini - no need for cripple-ware.


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