OSX Tiger - Which anti-virus?

Inspiredmac · Inspiredmac #1 (**permalink**)

04-30-2005, 02:52 PM

I recently purchased the Norton Anti-virus 9.0.x update for OSX 10.3.9. When I installed Tiger my menu bar icons for Norton AV were gone and Live Update no longer works. If you try to contact Norton's support via the web page installed in the software application folder, it takes you to a PC-only support page (naturally).

What anti-virus software are the folks here using to run under Tiger? I've heard that Virus Barrier by Intego give false-positives, and Virex is pretty useless. Authentium ESP Antivirus for the Mac looks interesting, but I know nothing about that company.

Desolate One · Desolate One #2 (**permalink**)

04-30-2005, 03:53 PM

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/sea...earchid=219155

Typically the consensus around here is that the biggest virus for OS X is Symantec products. Most if not all malicious code written is written for the x86 platform, which Apple hardware does not share. Just keep up with your security updates and you should be fine.

iWhat · iWhat #3 (**permalink**)

04-30-2005, 04:06 PM

Desolate One is right, we usually frown upon all the anti-virus apps. At the moment, you'll only want one, if you network your mac with pcs. Because you don't want your mac to spread anything over the network that will harm your pcs. Otherwise, you have no viruses to worry about at the moment. You'll just either need to reinstall the app again or wait until Symantec updates the app to be compatible with Tiger.

witeshark · witeshark #4 (**permalink**)

04-30-2005, 04:27 PM

So if you do network to windows PCs, I suggest Virex

edgefusion · edgefusion #5 (**permalink**)

04-30-2005, 04:39 PM

Well what do you know, not only are viruses not compatible with Tiger, neither are virus-like apps! Great news.

schweb · schweb #6 (**permalink**)

04-30-2005, 07:21 PM

Virex is not yet compatible with Tiger and neither is Norton AV. Give them a few weeks and I'm sure there will be updates. Either is a good program despite what some posters may say in this thread.

baggss · baggss #7 (**permalink**)

04-30-2005, 09:13 PM

NAV 9 seems to working fine on my machine. It originally came up with the incompatibility error, but after I booted from the 10.4 DVD and fixed disk permissions it started working fine. Go figure...

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Member Since: Oct 27, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 13,213 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro \| LED Cinema Display \| iPhone 4 \| iPad 2	04-30-2005, 07:21 PM Virex is not yet compatible with Tiger and neither is Norton AV. Give them a few weeks and I'm sure there will be updates. Either is a good program despite what some posters may say in this thread. schweb \| community leader flickr » facebook » twitter » tumblr » google+ » about.me Mac-Forums: On Twitter \| On Facebook \| On Flickr
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Inspiredmac #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-30-2005, 02:52 PM I recently purchased the Norton Anti-virus 9.0.x update for OSX 10.3.9. When I installed Tiger my menu bar icons for Norton AV were gone and Live Update no longer works. If you try to contact Norton's support via the web page installed in the software application folder, it takes you to a PC-only support page (naturally). What anti-virus software are the folks here using to run under Tiger? I've heard that Virus Barrier by Intego give false-positives, and Virex is pretty useless. Authentium ESP Antivirus for the Mac looks interesting, but I know nothing about that company.
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Desolate One #2 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	04-30-2005, 03:53 PM http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/sea...earchid=219155 Typically the consensus around here is that the biggest virus for OS X is Symantec products. Most if not all malicious code written is written for the x86 platform, which Apple hardware does not share. Just keep up with your security updates and you should be fine.
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witeshark #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Miami FL Posts: 2,860 Mac Specs: G4 1Ghz OS X 10.4.7	04-30-2005, 04:27 PM So if you do network to windows PCs, I suggest Virex
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edgefusion #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 16, 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 407 Mac Specs: MacBook \| 1.83ghz \| 2gb ram	04-30-2005, 04:39 PM Well what do you know, not only are viruses not compatible with Tiger, neither are virus-like apps! Great news.
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baggss #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 10, 2004 Location: Margaritaville Posts: 10,306 Mac Specs: 27" 3.4 Ghz i7 iMac-13" C2D Macbook-OSX 18.8.2-64Gb iPad 2-32 Gb iPhone 5-ATV 2-14Tb of Storage	04-30-2005, 09:13 PM NAV 9 seems to working fine on my machine. It originally came up with the incompatibility error, but after I booted from the 10.4 DVD and fixed disk permissions it started working fine. Go figure...
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