Torrents and macs

[lewisredfern001]

I'm wanting to use the likes of bitorrent on my mac but am very cautious about downloading on my mac as I do not want any viruses.

What is the recommended software to use and what is the best free antivirus software to protect my mbp.

Thanks

Lewis

 

[Mr Pants]

You don't need anti virus software on Macs.

I use Transmission as my torrent client.

 

[Jaws]

I'm on Vuze with no Anti-Virus. Not needed tbh, anyone buying it is wasting money imo.

 

[Dip]

There have been a number of trojans targeted toward OSX recently. Just a warning, don't think your not prone to viruses. As the Mac community grows, so will the damned viruses, spyware etc..

I've been looking at AV software for a few weeks, doing my research. avast! Mac edition seems to be good.
Not much I've come across is freeware.

Forgot - Transmission

 

[Slammed172]

Another thumbs up for Transmission !

 

[ijaen]

Vuze....the new utorrents looks good too.
Got to getused to transmission....

 

[JoshE]

I'm on Vuze too, seems to work fine no problems with virus etc yet touch wood...

 

[Tutterz]

i use transmission

 

[Reev]

I used uTorrent now, for some reason when I use Transmission it stops any of my Internet browsers from working. The massively annoying thing about uTorrent is the fact that you can't choose where to save the torrents' contents, whereas Transmission asks you each time you load a torrent.

 

[LFCJosh]

Is anybody using frost wire? I downloaded it and had a go. Its good but I dont trust it. Its like napster where you can download single tracks.