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what is the best antivirus for my mac?

Just wondering what the best antivirus would be for my macbook?

MacBook Pro

Posted on Feb 15, 2012 8:01 PM

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Jan 2, 2013 5:50 PM in response to Caesar1948

Caesar1948 wrote:


Okay, that does it. I'm joining the ranks of people who believe in the Mac's invulnerability. No more Norton, McAfee, Webroot, or Sophos. I'm goin' naked from now on till I see evidence that I need to install AV software. I just love the way my MacBook runs without it!


No knowledgeable person would characterize the Mac as "invulnerable" to anything. Apple's products are extremely popular and are likely to remain attractive targets for malice.


The fallacy is believing that third party software vendors such as the ones you named possess the knowledge to protect OS X against such attacks better than the engineers who developed it. There are many such vendors peddling solutions to problems that do not exist, at no risk whatsoever to themselves. It is also presumptuous to assume that Apple doesn't continuously seek ways to make OS X even more secure. Apple has much more at stake than the snake oil scam artists.


It is therefore a misapprehension to conclude that neglecting to install such junk amounts to "going naked". It's just not so.

Jan 2, 2013 6:23 PM in response to Caesar1948

Caesar1948 wrote:


Okay, that does it. I'm joining the ranks of people who believe in the Mac's invulnerability.

I'm not sure what about the comments I made about Webroot caused you to reach this conclusion, but it certainly isn't one I endorese. I currently have four A-V programs (five if you count Little Snitch) installed, but only LS is active all the time. The others are in reserve should I learn of any malware in the wild and arenused for various testing I need to do. I read several maleware blogs daily to stay up-to-date and my computing habits do not normally put me in harms way. I'm comfortable with this position and would encourage others to be comfortable with theirs. If that includes trading some preformance degredation for safety, then that's where they need to go.

Jan 2, 2013 6:29 PM in response to spectra9

Hey there,

I found MacKeeper to be pretty effective for me. You get a free trial. It keeps my Mac running fast and as it did when I first purchased it. Have a look here...

http://mackeeperapp.zeobit.com/landings/17.114/index.php?affid=mzb_2559300454&ut m_source=mackeeper_brand_sp3-en&utm_medium=&utm_campaign=mackeeper_brand_sp3-en& utm_term=&utm_content=&userDefiner=mzb_2308&installer=&trt=5&tid_ext=0000000003& lang=en


Hope this helps...Keep your mac safe


Cheers.

Jan 2, 2013 6:35 PM in response to alicia_muench

Personnally I see MacKeeper as more dangerous then Norton.


It does nothing that can't be done by other utilities in a safer manner and for free.


I see it as good for one thing and one thing only and that is lining Zeobit's pockets with gold.


My recommendation on MacKeeper is to stay far, far away from it.


So far everyone who I have helped with Mac problems who had MacKeeper, the removal of MacKeeper immediately removed their problems.


Allan

Jan 2, 2013 6:37 PM in response to alicia_muench

alicia_muench wrote:


I found MacKeeper to be pretty effective for me.

Over 90% of the users in this Forum would completely disagree with you. Unfortunately I can no longer test it or I'd give you some specifics from my point-of-view, but plenty of others have had nothing but trouble from using it and it apparently doesn't find most Mac malware, either.

Jan 2, 2013 6:40 PM in response to alicia_muench

alicia_muench wrote:


No offense but that was just someone's blog...not a reliable source.

Actually, that was the author that pointed you to his blog and he is a recognized expert on Mac malware in this forum and other places. If you bothered to read the blog and look at the results you would know that his stands as the most comprehensive Mac malware testing that has been done to date.

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