Best Free Virus Protection

JBPdog · Jul 9, 2007

Hey guys. Newb here. Whats the best virius protection software I can download for the Mac that is FREE?

killedbyinterne · Jul 9, 2007

Most people here will tell you that you don't need virus protection.

Ninjab3ar · Jul 9, 2007

killedbyinterne said:
Most people here will tell you that you don't need virus protection.

You don't. Most mac anti-virus programs are made to prevent viruses from affecting a windows machine networked to a mac, just in case the Mac downloaded any malicious software.

My point is: If you are not regularly connecting to a network that is primarily composed of windows computers, an anti-virus is useless.

baggss · Jul 9, 2007

If you really want one, ClamX. It doesn't even look for viruses for a Mac, since there are none. It will scan for Windows viruses though.

JBPdog · Jul 9, 2007

I connect via wireless networks all the time, does this leave me susceptible to windows stuff?

baggss · Jul 9, 2007

Well, you can download the files or get them in e-mail, but they won't do anything to your Mac. You can, however, pass them on to your Windows using friends and co-workers.

-Jack · Jul 9, 2007

Well, you can download the files or get them in e-mail, but they won't do anything to your Mac. You can, however, pass them on to your Windows using friends and co-workers

that would be fun

baggss · Jul 9, 2007

-Jack said:
that would be fun

I was going to add that to my post but opted not to.....

remain · Jul 9, 2007

Reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id_kGL3M5Cg (from: http://sp-studio.de/ )

XD

JBPdog · Jul 9, 2007

So would ClamX solve that problem? Plus its free, so i like that..

Alexis · Jul 10, 2007

Is there a problem though? To pass a virus onto a PC, you'd have to be in possession of an obvious file which would be a virus and send it across to a PC. That person would also have to be pretty dim to open it.

Really you'd need a virus that installed itself without your knowledge and sent itself to another user, either through a network or an OS X email program.

Which is precisely what Windows viruses do and what OS X will not allow.

Macwillis · Jul 10, 2007

i have a mac and i connect to the network at work all the time which is made up of pc's i have the only mac and allt he pcs have antivirus software so i dont see any need for it besides its just another useless application taking up space on my macbook pro hard drive which could be better used for pron or music.