Good free anti virus

[Kvasi]

Are you implying that millions of Macs are silently infected but not one person, nor any organization, has taken credit for creating or detecting it? Sounds like a mighty sophisticated virus and quite atrocious if it has managed to do nothing for the past decade.

No. Its a known fact they exist. As for how many who may infected i really have no cloue..

[smooth]

No. Its a known fact they exist. As for how many who may infected i really have no cloue..

Please post a list of known virii that can infect OSX 10 or higher.

^I don't think he was talking about macs. And actually....it's really irresponsible to not be running an antivirus. When they get your CC or bank info, the rest of us pay for that. Don't be a slacker - just run a AV and be a good internet neighbor.

His response confirms that he was talking about macs. How would someone stealing my personal information impact you?

[Kvasi]

OS wathever is really nothing more than definitionupdate on a antivirus sw for pc.
Guess your google works as fine as mine regarding that list..

We dont have to be professors to understand why infections till now has been most common on Windows computers, theres x times more of them than mac and linux users, and most of the windows users is wery less skilled..
But Apple is seeking world dominance and most users are really, really sure its impossible to get bugs. Sounds like a "welcome in" to hackers and programmers. Dont u think?

[george graves]

Well, I hear there are a few mac viruses - or so I hear. Most people that write viruses don't care too much about macs cause it's a much smaller market. And they have a soft spot for hipsters that wear girls jeans.

How would someone stealing my personal information impact you?

Wow, do I really need to explain that? Because the CC and Bank fraud costs get passed on to the consumer(the rest of us). It's not rocket science.

[Kvasi]

His response confirms that he was talking about macs. How would someone stealing my personal information impact you?

At first i wasnt talking about (just) macs actually, but computers in common..

[george graves]

Sigh.....

[AndrewBird]

Sigh.....

This. Lawl.

I didn't run Anti-virus for a long time, but as little resources as AVG uses, I figure why not? Haven't had a virus in as long as I can remember, and by that I mean my antivirus has never detected one and/or I haven't had problems.

Viruses really only affect people that don't know what they are doing. I don't know how many times I've explained to my mom that she shouldn't download attachments from my aunt's chain letters, even though she knows my aunt, yet she still does it. For my dad, I have his computer frozen with DeepFreeze. lol

[Jhonno]

I use Norton!

Norton is so bad..

Avast.

[xphiledan]

AVG or Avast. If you you're running Windows, you must run some sort of AV software. Security aside, it's worth the aggravation you save yourself later when you can't do anything with your computer.

As for the whole Mac debate, no OS is immune to viruses, but there is no threat to Mac users in the real world currently. This could change as time passes and macs gain more prevalence.

[InuFaye]

Microsoft Security Essentials.

The rest is fucking garbage.

[Kvasi]

As for the whole Mac debate, no OS is immune to viruses, but there is no threat to Mac users in the real world currently. This could change as time passes and macs gain more prevalence.

Lets do some reading.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2010/11/24/apple-mac-malware-short-history/

[Chrisv006]

Its be said over and over again....MSE...its very very good and will not hog resources.

I also have a copy of Malware Bytes just in case.

[Ryan Stewart]

If you're running Windows 7, Microsoft Security Essentials.

It works on older versions too.

[Thizzelle]

AVG free for the last 10+ years and zone alarm so I can control what gets acces to the internet, etc.

[CabrioPunk]

AVG Free

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