Mac advice please

[CupDude]

What anti-virus is good for a new Mac?

Cheers

 

[FiDoDiDo]

http://www.clamxav.com/

 

[SoA2k6]

What do you need a virus checker on a mac for?!

 

[The Boosh!]

What do you need a virus checker on a mac for?!

+1 stay off dodgy sites and you will be fine.

 

[MDP91]

Ummm, didnt think you could get Viruses on a MAC tbh? Maybe im wrong.....

 

[cava83]

You can get viruses on pretty much anything.

People who make them, aim more towards the win market as the percentage of win over mac in most households is substantionally larger.

Ummm, didnt think you could get Viruses on a MAC tbh? Maybe im wrong.....

 

[CupDude]

did some digging..

Macintoshes have far fewer security problems. According to a 2001 UK government report by Satchell and Peeling, "There are about 60,000 viruses known for Windows, 40 or so for the Macintosh, about 5 for commercial Unix versions, and perhaps 40 for Linux." That was in 2001; since then there have been thousands more Windows viruses, and only a few Mac viruses.

..so there is a risk albeit a much smaller one..

 

[UncleGrumpy]

Mac advice please?

er, throw it in a skip

that is all

 

[Longy]

did some digging..

Macintoshes have far fewer security problems. According to a 2001 UK government report by Satchell and Peeling, "There are about 60,000 viruses known for Windows, 40 or so for the Macintosh, about 5 for commercial Unix versions, and perhaps 40 for Linux." That was in 2001; since then there have been thousands more Windows viruses, and only a few Mac viruses.

..so there is a risk albeit a much smaller one..

That report was 8 years ago! Macs are far more popular today and so there is viruses out there.

 

[Tom]

Mac advice please?

er, throw it in a skip

that is all

Hi, Im a mac

You are a Dickhead.

 

[The Boosh!]

^^ PMSL TOM

 

[cava83]

+ 1

Hi, Im a mac

You are a Dickhead.

 

[BenWall]

+2

I don't use AV on mine, although I do have the above. Had my mac 2years now and ran a scan 6months ago with nothing found.

 

[shadowsun]

Mac OS X is built on Linux and people don't really bother to write viruses for them - had Macs for 10 years or more and never had a problem!

 

[Scottydog]

 

[Daz]

Mac OS X is built on Linux and people don't really bother to write viruses for them - had Macs for 10 years or more and never had a problem!

Nope.. it's built upon the Mach Kernel, not Linux.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_kernel

The reason not many viruses exist, is because of the way the system is built.. same as on a Linux distribution, BSD, etc.

 

[Curley]

http://www.clamxav.com/

Thanks, downloaded this now

 

[UncleGrumpy]

Hi, Im a mac

You are a Dickhead.

Suck my balls