[Nesjemannen]

No viruses for mac?

Today there are 60-70 viruser for mac.
But it's nothing compared to Windows' 97 thousand ( By the year 2005 )
And also if you add Malware, spyware etc. The numbers are way up in the sky.

Mac true/false:

• Mac users don’t need to worry about viruses: False
• You’re vulnerable to Windows viruses if you run emulation software: True
• Mac users don’t need to worry about spyware: True
• When I’m using a wireless network at home, I’m totally safe: False
• When I’m using a public hotspot, all of my passwords are being stolen: False
• The Mac’s default security settings are all you need to protect your computer from hacker attacks: False

[ferrija1]

All you really need is common sense.

[fino]

Unless you are an idiot and open every attachment you get then you are fine.

The latest Trojan that was sent out "lastestpics.tgz" had to be downloaded from the email, then decompressed and then you had to double click on that decompressed file.

Even if you did all that, the Trojan itself had a bug in it so who really cares, they couldnt even complete it correctly.

[ferrija1]

Yes, and unfortunately there are many "idiots" in this world.

[eddy_eagle]

Ok, I am a VERY recent convert from PCs to Macs (literally a week!) but already I am sick to death of the sanctimonious, self-righteous attitude of some Mac users on groups like this.

I refer to the line “There is about one virus where you must go to certain types of sites and if you get it, you're getting what you deserve”. For God’s sake, get off your high alter and out of the church!

We all go to ‘certain types of site’ now and then. It’s a perfectly normal thing to do. And for those church goers like yourself that don’t, well, one day some nasty hacker is going to come and bite you in the arse by inserting code into a site where you weren’t expecting it!

Instead of gloating why not just use a little prudence and tell those of us who know the dangers from the PC world where we can get a decent antivirus tool for the Mac. Don’t alienate us for using common sense.

[chilkotardis]

Mmm, not all are like that, but it IS true, there are AV programs for mac, and while apple says there are no viruses, there area a few.

[ferrija1]

I said what I did for a reason. There, as of now, are no viruses for Macs in the wild that still work. There was one on porn sites a few weeks ago but now it is gone, it's been patched. I'm giving my 2 cents that you don't need to have an anti virus program, just like how I say that defragmenting is not necessary, registry cleaners are bad, you don't need a software firewall, etc.

Anyways, what did you expect from a person with "Apple Fanboy" in their "Experience" level.
Just kidding..............

[MacGuyver]

I wholeheartedly agree with you, eddy_eagle. Solutions are called for in these forums. Sadly web forums are often ripe with this sort of thing...

On to your solution. Others have mentioned ClamXav. I too employ this free, open source tool and give it to my clients if they ask. I watched the IT administrator comments on this application for months before using it myself. I must say that I have never really caught anything with ClamXav, but that may be simple luck. It once gave me an error message regarding an email attachment so I just got rid of the file and moved on. There are only 2 glitches I am aware of for ClamXav: 1) the Quarantine feature is not perfect and I advise you disable it (it can screw up your email). 2) the Sentry can sometimes get into an endless scan loop and you have to force quit it. This does not happen often, but be aware of it.

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/15850

[ferrija1]

I just downloaded the recently released iAntiVirus, and it seems to work quite well.