Avast Antivirus for mac or Eset Cyber Security 6

KC7GNM wrote:

You are pretty computer savy but there are probably 100 users that don't have a clue to every 1 like you.

Which is why many of us try to educate them on being a smart computer user. Far better to use you head and the tools built into every computer that prompt a thoughtful decison than to install A-V software and believe you don't have to worry about such things.

BitDefender's not much good at detecting Mac malware. See:

http://www.thesafemac.com/mac-anti-virus-testing-01-2013/

If you want a free scanner for manual scans only, you could try Intego VirusBarrier Express from the App Store. It's free and has quite good detection rates.

I''ve been using Avast! for less than a month (that's because it is installed on a brand new MBP). So far so good =)

Great! What all has it done for you during that time?

Well, it successfuly detected 1 windows virus and put it in their sandbox, it filtered my incoming emails and blocked all emails which tainted with trojan in attachments. It updates its virus definition daily. And it shows me which website is trustable thru WebRep :)

find more about Avast! AV and its good review here:

http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-75451160.html

Note that, in my experience, avast! has a very serious problem with false positives. I have lost track of how many people I've been contacted by after avast! identified perfectly legit system files as malicious. If you choose to use avast!, I strongly advise not allowing it to quarantine or delete anything automatically!

how can it be possible.......OS X can have Virus.......its a UNIX type System,,,!

How are you using the term "virus?" Do you mean malware in general? Yes, Macs can be affected by malware, no one is saying that can't happen, but the route taken by most malware authors is to trick a user into installing something. It's much easier than trying to get directly into the system (which has been done via Java, not JavaScript, which you should have disabled in your browser.)

As for "virus" qua virus, there have been viruses created for OSX, but only under laboratory conditions, and there are no known viruses for OSX circulating, that we know of. Again, it's much easier and more profitable to just trick a user into installling something.