Anti-virus...

Should I invest in anti-virus... just got new back macbooks.. (white and black) about 3 weeks ago... I know there aren't viruses only like 4 trojans but still just to be safe...

if so what do you guys recommend??

I wouldn't bother spending any money on it. You'd never get any return on investment. However, running something like clamXav (freeware, http://www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/) would be nice if you regularly send stuff to Windows machines/users from your Mac. Stop a virus that didn't affect you from affecting them.

Here you will find couple of links, which may interest you. I have invested on Intego but so far I haven't got a single warning.

thanks for the insight i will look into it

i would always recommend an antivirus program. if you ever network with pcs, it may be possible to spread a virus that you downloaded to them, although it wont directly affect your computer. a good program that i recommend is intego virus barrier, it uses minimal resources and works very well.

You might also want to take a look here:

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23835

I've had 2 placed in quarantine , BUT they won't hurt the Mac.

jram said:

I've had 2 placed in quarantine , BUT they won't hurt the Mac.

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do you use norton? i used to use them but i felt like it slowed my system down soooo much

do you use norton

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I use NIS, I got it as a present. I would never buy it , I would use a free AV. I ran it disabled and on and found no difference in performance, you don't even know it's running. The Virus/Trojan scare is to force users to buy a AV, it's mostly hype.

Please try the search. This has been discussed ad nauseum and you'll definitely find something.

Search first....always the best motto.