AntiVirus???

ClamXav is a very good program. I use it for downloading files for wifes PC. Macs don't have a problem with viruses, yet!

I also would suggest Little Snitch. It is a good for knowing what is dialing out on your computer. A lot of software phones home without you knowing it. I prfer to know who my Mac is sending info to and this helps control it.

It's also good to have antivirus software if you are going to be sharing files with Windows users. For example... you may want to work on a Word document that someone has sent you at home... and then bring it in to work to do more edits on a PC or send to someone on a PC. While you, the Mac user, would never have a problem... it's possible that the original file that you received from a PC user contained a virus. Now... when you pass that file on to other PC users, they can become infected as well. It's not so much to protect yourself in this case as it is to protect others.

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At current there are NO confirmed viruses for the Mac OS X Platform and thus it is considered by most (myself included) that at this time Anti-virus software is a simple waste of resources.

In the event that you are still paranoid regarding catching a virus, please consider that with Mac OS X you cannot be infected with a virus like you can on Microsoft Windows.

If that doesn't put your mind at ease, there is a free software Application called [ClamXAV|http://www.clamxav.com> based on the Unix ClamAV Antivirus that can be used as yet another layer of protection.

Hope this helps! 

David

not quite true. while there are no viruses that target os x itself, there is ONE confirmed virus that targets microsoft office for macs. needless to say, if you don't use office, or if you use neo office, or ilife, then you don't have a problem