AV for Mac

[FN-GM]

Hi,

I am just wondering what AV do you use for your mac at home? What are your opinions of it?

Thanks

[DanW]

i don't use any ...

[Tallwood_6]

Used sophos for a while but found it slow, clunky and unnecessary, now removed and i go without, but if your after something free ClamXav is a good bet.

[teddybear]

We use Sophos on the Macs at work, but it's so very rarely used I really don't see any point in using it. I can't actually remember having to use it at all on the 2000+ Macs we look after.

Personally, my MacBook hasn't had any AV software on it at all.

[synaesthesia]

Bit risky at the moment if you're keeping up with the news..



((nnngh, intended to edit with some rather more useful information, however I'm buggered if I can find it now Was a fairly nasty worm doing the rounds, certainly nothing near the likes of Conficker but not something I'd want to have to deal with never-the-less - will post info if my brain wakes up again ))

[nadeem]

Did you mean this?

iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie Macs | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

[kylewilliamson]

We've got VirusBarrier on the MacBook's.... Not perhaps 100% necessary, but good if you get audited etc.

[K.C.Leblanc]

Good to see a thread where Mac owners admit that they're overlooked by most software developers.

[synaesthesia]

Did you mean this?

iBotnet: Researchers find signs of zombie Macs | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

That might well have been it. It wasnt ZDNet I found it on though - if it was, I'd have discounted it as complete rubbish along with pretty much everything else they publish

[Arthur]

Like most Mac user's I don't use any anti-virus. I also don't download pirated software either so that probably helps too.

[iSteve]

Sophos AV here

[SClarke]

Hi,

been using Macs and PCs for years, and I had Norton Antivirus for Mac, but as it caused major conflicts with my audio recording set-up I had to uninstall it. Currently don't use anything, simply as there is a distinct lack of legitimate AV software for Mac around, though I hope the developers get onto it soon, as it's only a matter of time before the mighty Mac is brought to it's knees with viruses

[Aurora77]

At home: ClamXav