Mac Anti-Virus Software?


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Not really. I have Virex on my eMac but I never use it. There currently are no OS X viruses in the wild.

The only thing you should be concerned about is spreading Office macro viruses if you use office for mac and exchange docs with pc users.

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I don't have one. Don't really see the need for one. Then again, I don't run one on my PCs either. I just use common sense. So far it hasn't failed me. Maybe I could market that.

Common Sense Anti-Virus.

It would just be a book saying what not to do. hmm...

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I don't have one. Don't really see the need for one. Then again, I don't run one on my PCs either. I just use common sense. So far it hasn't failed me.

ditto

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If a Windows user sends me a virus it's not going to effect any of my computers: they don't run Windows, and most aren't even x86 processors.

I don't worry about trogan horse files because 99% of the files I come in contact with are ones that:

1) I made myself

2) are plain text

3) cannot contain executable code

almost all the executable files on my system are from original install media, or files I have created myself. The ones that aren't (vlc, ipod viewer, stuff from software update) are from sources I trust like apple or sourceforge.

Then there is the fact that there are no os x viruses, and that one proof of concept trojan horse that did nothing (really, it's going to be fixed in 10.3.4 i imagine). How can a virus scanner detect viruses when there are no viruses to detect?

I just don't have the kind of computers, software, or network that have an issue with viruses so I don't waste me time with virus scanners when I could use that time to protect myself from data loss caused by fire, theft, or hardware failure: things that are much more probable (maybe even likely) than a virus wiping out my drives.

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