GolfHos

My mother and sister are Mac users and need  virus protection software to replace their expiring Norton whatever. I would appreciate some suggestions and free is always good!  ;D

Thanks!

I'm trying out a demo of the Kaspersky product.  I like it quite  bit so far.

But it isn't free after the 30 days expire.

clamXav.

Slow, manual but it works.

(You don't really need an AV program for Mac's as long as you are careful.)

Ted

Have heard this one recommended a few times before, have never used it though ... http://www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/

Looks like tdcoly beat me to it. :)

Umm, point out the products for Mac's. ???

I didn't see any on their website.

Haven't run AV since Macintosh 9.  Just make sure your firewall is turned on (it is by default) and don't download/click stuff for which you don't know/trust the origin. 

I guess if you're running Office products you still might be susceptible to macro exploits.  I don't even open untrusted Office documents so it's not much concern to me.

Even the much ballyhooed Month of Apple Bugs project didn't find dangerous vulnerabilities.  There's always the "download DMG from random website, mount, click on 'Click Me' and enter admin password' sort of thing.  If you get nailed by one of those... well....   [sm_devil]

Never say never.  I'm very careful about what I let into our systems and to date on OSX we've had zero down time due to virus/spyware/trojans/etc.  If the situation ever warrants AV we'll install it in a heartbeat.

Sounds like a challenge to me.  [sm_devil]

That's what I meant by being careful.

My older son's photo studio is 100% Mac, both my home computers are Mac's, and we, too, would install AV if a viable threat ever emerged.

Thanks for the replies. I haven't used the Mac os since before the internet came into widespread use, so had no idea of what to expect. I use Avast on my PC and have never had a problem here.

Trust me, I thought about it for a couple of minutes before I chimed in on this thread.

[sm_nervous]

No worries about me, I'm stupid as hell. That Butbackstagethingswerfal sumbitch has shifty eyes though, I'd keep an eye on him.

I still want one.  I didn't think they needed AV protections, per se.

I'm stupid as hell too, btw.

Me too!! ;D

No AV software for my Mac.  So far so good, but I am careful with what pröñ I download. :) [sm_fingersx]

Ooops.  I thought I saw it when I was surfing for an AV package to replace Norton.  Maybe I'm thinking of a different AV package.  :-[


MacWorld recommends THIS (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000C55AMQ/csfstext-20).

We both have MAC's and run McAfee.  Don't know what has happened but it supposedly updates regularly but hasn't since 6/06.  Neither of our machines have had problems since purchased in 03.

ubuntu
 ;D

This isn't a linux thread! ;) :D

You do know who your talking to, right? ;)

He doesn't like Mac's ???

Of course I do!  That's why I said that. :D

Aske?  I don't know if he likes them or not.  But I believe he once said (and this is not a direct quote) that if you are going to go non-pc then you might as well go all the way to open source.