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To: Swordmaker

Which is the best antivirus software for Mac, in your opinion?


8 posted on 11/05/2010 4:26:43 AM PDT by deks ("...the battle of our time is the battle of liberty against the overreach of the federal government")
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To: deks
Which is the best antivirus software for Mac, in your opinion?

OS X.

There are no known viruses for OS X; Trojans, such as this, require the user to actually do something, typically accomplished through misdirection or trickery.

11 posted on 11/05/2010 7:34:33 AM PDT by kevkrom (De-fund Obamacare in 2011, repeal in 2013!)
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The best anti-malware for any platform is between the chair and the keyboard. This trojan, for example, is an IM or e-mail purportedly from a friend; it then points to a fake YouTube video, actually a Java applet, which then requires an admin password to install. It’s what hackers call “social engineering.”

That said, ClamXav is free, robust, free, frequently updated, and free. I run it every few months just to make sure I haven’t picked up a Windows virus I might unwittingly pass on. It has yet to find anything.


12 posted on 11/05/2010 11:12:07 AM PDT by ReignOfError
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