I have recently purchased a Mac and love it! However, I do not believe the rumors that Macs don’t get viruses. I know there are fewer virus threats and malware because of their smaller market share, but I still would like some form of protection. What are your opinions? Should I get Avast! Free for Mac.
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I have recently purchased a Mac and love it! However, I do not believe the rumors that Macs don’t get viruses. I know there are fewer virus threats and malware because of their smaller market share, but I still would like some form of protection. What are your opinions? Should I get Avast!
But with so many types of antivirus solutions on the market, what should you be looking out for when shopping for security for your Mac powered device? Category Science & Technology. You should get an antimalware or an antivirus program to protect your computer. It has not been fully proven by anyone that the Mac OS cannot Yes Macs do need an AV tool because previous Malware and Trojans attacks have made this more clear that intruders are now able to intrude into Macs.
Free for Mac when it comes out of Beta? Should I get Norton Antivirus for Mac? Or should I just get a virus scanner, like Virus barrier or ClamXav, from the Mac App store?
Thank you so Much! Also, PLEASE don’t give me your opinions on Macs vs PCs!
I hate it when Mac users say PCs are horrible or when PC users say Mac Users are stupid. We are all computer users, neither is better than the other. Please don’t be biased.:). Best Answer: Strictly speaking, there are no known viruses currently in circulation for Mac OS X. Back in 2006, a worm that could damage uninstalled apps after the user installed the worm (it could not install itself) made the news, but it could not damage any OS X system files or any installed apps. There were a few actual viruses for Mac OS 9 and earlier, but that is ancient history.
Definitions: - virus: app that attaches itself to another app and can self-replicate. worm: app that is unattached, self-replicating, self-sending (via network or attached disk). Trojan horse: app that appears to be desirable, but is not. It is not merely that there are fewer Mac computers that accounts for no known OS X viruses. Think about this for a moment: If there are already a million known viruses for Windows, but no known viruses for OS X, and you were an attention-starved teenage bad guy, wouldn't you be trying like mad to get headlines by making an OS X virus?
You can be sure they are trying their best. OS X has several layers of built-in protection that keep the system files unharmed. This is true also for Linux. It is not true for Windows, and the results are obvious. If there were any real relationship between the number of viruses for a system type and the market share, we would have this ratio of viruses for Linux, OS X, and Windows: 1 / 9 / 99, because there are 9 times as many OS X system in use as Linux, and there are 11 times as many Windows systems in use as OS X. In fact, the real ratio of viruses is 0 / 0 / 1,000,000. The math has failed for these PC geeks who hate Apple.
There have never been any true OS X viruses, but there have been a few worms and Trojans. Even though a Trojan isn't a virus, it is designed to trick you into doing something, such as paying by credit card for some fraud, and that is no fun even if OS X is still unaffected. Your money will be affected. The latest malware definitions in any of the anti-virus apps can find and remove a Trojan from your computer if you happen to install one.
Also, OS X Software Update will have security updates that block the latest Trojans. Free: ClamXAV, Sophos, Avast, or iAntiVirus (last requires OS 10.5 or later, and Intel).
Pay: Virex, Norton, Intego, MacScan, Avast. IMHO, the free ones are the same level of protection as the pay ones. I have used all the free ones, and like iAntivirus best. Sophos annoys me because it takes the whole day to scan. Tracking cookies are a significant annoyance with Safari.
They aren't malicious. They just watch your every move online.
The best software for getting rid of tracking cookies is MacScan. The new version is US$29.95; if you can find version 2.6 (no longer on their site), it is free and malware profiles updates are free - skip the MacScan engine update; that cancels your free use. In fact, if you remove all cookies in the Safari preferences, you will have removed any tracking cookies as well. The advantage of MacScan is you don't loose the cookies you want, such as your identity on your web-based email site or forums or items in a shopping cart at some retail site. One other type of cookie is Flash cookies. You have to remove them manually.
They are at: /Users /homefolder /Library /Preferences /Macromedia /Flash Player /#SharedObjects/9H4TGGSV (last location name will vary). Source(s): (2006 worm) (2011 Mac Trojan makes news) (iAntivirus free, requires OS 10.5, Intel) (Sophos free) (ClamXAV, free) (Avast free, scroll down to link 'avast! Mac Edition') (MacScan free trial, US$30 to buy) (Flash cookies manager). Hmm I bought a Mac and am receiving it on Friday/Monday.
My advice may not be extremely helpful, but yes I defiantly believe you should get some sort of virus protection. There are so many different products of virus protection.
In my opinion, only a few of them are worth the trouble. I have not got the chance to see if CCleaner is for mac, but if it is I would recommend that. Also I would got to the app store and see the top downloads.
I forget the name of the software, but I heard it was very good and that it was in the mac app store. So in conclusion: 1. CCleaner (if available).
I use it for internet and clearing some viruses of my PC. Go to Mac App Store and check to see if there are any high rated virus protection softwares. When I receive my mac, I will put some effort into it and will give you some suggestions if you still need some. If you found this helpful, could you please rate this as best answer?
Thank you and feel free to ask me questions EDIT: I myself am a techy, but my friend who is older and more techier (not a word:P), says you usually won't need an antivirus software if you keep care of your machine. Tell us some more. Upload in Progress. Upload failed. Please upload a file larger than 100x100 pixels.
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