..im looking for good, freeware antivirus for my MacBook pro, system version MAC OS X 10.5.2..any suggestions?
Freeware antivirus for Mac
Miscellaneous Forums/General Discussion/Freeware antivirus for Mac I think freeware and Mac is an oxymoron if I ever heard one.
I didn`t think that Macs got viruses. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Jason.
Jason.
You are corrected!
Freeware MAc Anti-virus: ClamXav, http://www.clamxav.com/
However, from that page:
However, from that page:
Back in the days before OS X, the number of viruses which attacked Macintosh users totalled somewhere between about 60 and 80. Today, the number of viruses actively attacking OS X users is...NONE! However, this doesn't mean we should get complacent about checking incoming email attachments or web downloads, for two reasons. Firstly, there's no guarantee that we Mac users will continue to enjoy the status quo, but more importantly, the majority of the computing world use machines running MS Windows, for which an enormous quantity of viruses exist, so we must be vigilant in checking the files we pass on to our friends and colleagues etc. For example, if you're a wise person and you've turned MS Office's macro support off then you're not going to notice that virus which is hiding inside this month's edition of Extreme Ironing.doc which your friend sent you. If you then forward that document to a less wise person who has not turned off the macro support, then you have most likely just sent him a shiny new Pandora's Box with a sign saying "Open this end"!
There is a lot of Mac Freeware and OSS. However, I only know ClamXav to be a free antivirus.
LarsG, so how many -- working -- viruses for OS X are there out in the wild? Right: NONE. There's more malware floating around for Linux these days.
OS X has security holes, but virus scanners for the Mac usually only scan emails for attached Windows- & MS Office-Makro-viruses.
OS X has security holes, but virus scanners for the Mac usually only scan emails for attached Windows- & MS Office-Makro-viruses.
If Mac get more popluar, we can get some virus.
It's like kitchen.... less cooking = less bacteria/roach :P
Windows is like a super dirty kitchen with countless roach crawing around and filled witj mold and bacteria.
It's like kitchen.... less cooking = less bacteria/roach :P
Windows is like a super dirty kitchen with countless roach crawing around and filled witj mold and bacteria.
Windows is like a super dirty kitchen with countless roach crawing around and filled witj mold and bacteria.
My dad once told me: if you buy a book and by the time you shelve it it isnt completely worn down and destroyed, why did you buy the book?
Yeah, that's the point.
It's dirty, but we use it to cook everyday.
If anyonw want Virus on Mac, I'm hapyy to make some for ya .... the Vriuses will be written in Blitz
Max. :P
It's dirty, but we use it to cook everyday.
If anyonw want Virus on Mac, I'm hapyy to make some for ya .... the Vriuses will be written in Blitz
Max. :P
..I thought computers are just toooolllzzzz...