antivirus for Mac?

[Piecan]

Don't know if this is even necessary, but apart from Norton is there anything else I should use? Thanks :)

[The Hammer]

-{ Quote: "Don't know if this is even necessary, but apart from Norton is there anything else I should use? Thanks :)" }-McAfee has a version for mac. But do you even need an Av? I don't know enough about it to say, but Iv'e seen posts here at Wilders on the subject that suggest you don't need one at present. Just keep the OS fully patched

[Piecan]

Thanks The Hammer, I'll have a look at that one too:) I've just seen that there is a scanner called ClamXav, but there doesn't seem to be much on the internet regarding security programs.

[ronjor]

A Mac site. http://www.securemac.com/

[i_g]

avast! for Mac should be available soon; you can try the betaversion, if you're interested:
http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=27441.0

[Piecan]

Thanks Ronjor, that looks a good site have bookmarked it. :)

Thanks too i_g, I like Avast. As I'm new to Mac I'd better wait till it's full release or I won't know if it's me or the antivirus if something looks odd.

It's a pity my beloved NOD doesn't have a mac version, I would have thought there would be.???

[DonKid]

Kaspersky will have a Mac version too.
But no dates yet.

[Piecan]

Thanks Donkid that's another good one. You'd think all these big companies would have brought one out sooner.

[The Hammer]

Do we even need an antivirus product for a mac? Has that been established one way or another? I know The Inspector plays around with a mac. So I wonder what he and others think.

[Mrkvonic]

Hello,
No need for anti-virus for mac. Just like there is no need for anti-virus for linux.
All you need is to update your system regularly and a strong root password.
Mrk

[The Hammer]

-{ Quote: "Hello,
No need for anti-virus for mac. Just like there is no need for anti-virus for linux.
All you need is to update your system regularly and a strong root password.
Mrk" }-Thank you.

The Hammer.