MAC antivirus?

Friends,

I'm about to switch from a Windows PC to a MAC but I feel a little bit naked withou an AV and a firewall. I've tried searching but it seems I can't find one. I've looked at Symanetec, McAfee, but I don't see this option at their sites.

Can anyone please list me some of them and post the link to their sites?

TIA,
Scirious.

 

didnt pctools have a mac AV?

 

Hi,http://shop.symantecstore.com/store/symnahho/en_US/DisplayCategoryProductListPage/ThemeID.106300/Macintosh/categoryID.2221800 for norton.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-antivirus-mac-edition.html for avast av.
hope this helps, tim

 

A free one here:
http://www.clamxav.com/index.php

Cheers,
Fax

 

here is the link-

http://www.iantivirus.com/

 

You can try Bitdefender Beta for Mac:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/BitDefender-2009-for-Mac-Beta-Available-96480.shtml

By the way Intego uses Bitdefender engine too:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/BitDefender-Used-by-Intego-to-Deliver-Mac-Security-67175.shtml

 

Try iantivirus. It's free (for home use), from PCTools, and designed for Mac-specific threats. This is what I use and it's very light.

 

avast! for Mac Edition
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-antivirus-mac-edition.html

 

You can try Kaspersky too.It's on alpha stage yet.

http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showforum=78

 

People,

Thankyou all for your reply!

Scirious.

 

This past thread is worth a look.

thanatos

 

So good...

You can try the Avast! antivirus for MAC...

 

Apple deletes Mac antivirus suggestion (CNET News)

 

Sandi isn't she a MS MVP ? I think I might have seen some of her stuff on IE.

 

I think her concerns are right on. If I were a MAC user I would be securing my system as thoroughly as possible, just like my Windows PC. Apple's position that OS X doesn't need anti-malware protection seems arrogant to me and sooner or later MAC users will pay the price.

 

scirious,

Hopefully you didn't purchase a Mac AV yet. MacUpdate is running a great promo for the next 13 days. For $49.99 (normally ~$500), you get Intego VirusBarrier X5 AV, Snitch (great firewall), and 8 other very good Mac apps.

You can find the deal here (if this type of link isn't allowed, sorry, and just search for MacUpdate Promo Holiday Bundle).

I only wish there were these types of deals on the PC.

 

I miss my old trashed Performa with Virex antivirus, PowerPete & LodeRunner games, macaddict magazines...

 

Well, I haven't yet because I haven't decided which would be. But it seems I just did. =D

Thank you for the info.

Scirious.