Do I need virus protection on a MacBookPro?

No, AV software will only cause problems and/or burn CPU cycles.

Allan

All you need is common sense.

A tested and reliable backup isn't a bad idea as well 🙂

Barbara Hunt wrote:

Our university provides McAfee anti-virus protection free.

Don't install that software even if it is free, it will do more harm them good.

Barbara...

Good article regarding virus and malware here > Thomas' Corner : Mac Virus Guide

Message edited by Carolyn

The answer is no, not unless you visit dodgy sites with *********** many of which have videos with malware that can attack your firefox browser and your email acocunts.

I never ever save passwords in browsers and always use passwords containing numbers upper case, lowercase letters and symbols 10 figures or more.

rob

I recommend Common Sense 2012 😀 There aren't any viruses for Mac OS X (yet), only a few trojans that can be easily avoided using common sense.

I do recommend you install the Web of Trust add on for browsers though, it's very useful sorting out the good sites from the bad