Anti-virus software for Mac OS X?

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AlexN

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Hi,

I went to Symantec website, and found out that they don't have Norton Anti-Virus for Mac OS X. Which anti-virus do you use?
 
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AlexN said:
Hi,

I went to Symantec website, and found out that they don't have Norton Anti-Virus for Mac OS X. Which anti-virus do you use?
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hey alex, they do infact have norton antivirus for mac osx. i used to use it myself, and personally found that it slowed my machine down too much. i use intego virus barrier, from intego.com its very efficient
 
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Thanks for the replies. I must have overlooked.

I just read the other thread about this topic, I'm wondering if it's necessary to use anti-virus software on mac? I don't use anti-virus on my Linux, but I rely heavily on it for my PC.
 
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There are many, threads on this subject. If you search you should be to find them :)
 
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AlexN said:
Thanks for the replies. I must have overlooked.

I just read the other thread about this topic, I'm wondering if it's necessary to use anti-virus software on mac? I don't use anti-virus on my Linux, but I rely heavily on it for my PC.
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The only reason that we put SAV 10 on our macs here at the college is to keep them from being a virus carrier from pc - > MAC - > pc. That is the ONLY reason we do.
 
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JunMacTech said:
The only reason that we put SAV 10 on our macs here at the college is to keep them from being a virus carrier from pc - > MAC - > pc. That is the ONLY reason we do.
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The only way the mac can be the carrier is if you personally transfer the file to a PC or a PC user takes the file from your mac and opens it. The virus can't just travel around from the mac to the pc on its own
 
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It can in an e-mail attachement....
 
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It can in an e-mail attachement....
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Which still requires you to send the email
 
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I see your point...
 

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