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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1390113" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Absolutely - and part of it is the longtime Mac users who perpetuate the myth by getting caught up in semantics. We, as a community often respond to these kinds of concerns by saying "there are no viruses for Macs". And while this is technically true by the narrow definition of what a virus is, it doesn't do anyone any favors as it tiptoes around the fact that there are plenty of other kinds of malware that does impact the Mac.</p><p></p><p>I think we need to start focusing on solutions instead of semantics and just accept the fact that the term "virus" is used interchangeably with "malware" or "trojan" in common parlance.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure I fully trust ClamXAV, only because it's a multi-platform anti-virus and I think its DATs aren't necessarily designed to scan for Mac-specific malware. </p><p></p><p>For this purpose, I recommend <a href="http://macscan.securemac.com/" target="_blank">MacScan</a>. I like it because it's reactive (i.e. it doesn't introduce any resident scanning engines) and they have a free trial - so you can just uninstall it when you're done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1390113, member: 24098"] Absolutely - and part of it is the longtime Mac users who perpetuate the myth by getting caught up in semantics. We, as a community often respond to these kinds of concerns by saying "there are no viruses for Macs". And while this is technically true by the narrow definition of what a virus is, it doesn't do anyone any favors as it tiptoes around the fact that there are plenty of other kinds of malware that does impact the Mac. I think we need to start focusing on solutions instead of semantics and just accept the fact that the term "virus" is used interchangeably with "malware" or "trojan" in common parlance. I'm not sure I fully trust ClamXAV, only because it's a multi-platform anti-virus and I think its DATs aren't necessarily designed to scan for Mac-specific malware. For this purpose, I recommend [URL="http://macscan.securemac.com/"]MacScan[/URL]. I like it because it's reactive (i.e. it doesn't introduce any resident scanning engines) and they have a free trial - so you can just uninstall it when you're done. [/QUOTE]
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