Antivirus
I currently have ClamXav installed as every1 says it is the best antivirus.
But shuld i also install some of the mac versions of norton, trend micro or sophos?
MacBook Pro
I currently have ClamXav installed as every1 says it is the best antivirus.
But shuld i also install some of the mac versions of norton, trend micro or sophos?
MacBook Pro
No, no, and no respectively.
Nothing has changed since you asked this question months ago: virus
or months before that: Do I need antivirus?
I look forward to answering you again in another month or two.
so just stick with clamxav.
just some1 told me to install one of the big 6 antivirus aswell as clamxav that is y i asked
Slathering on layer upon layer of worthless anti-virus junk is not the way to address your concerns thebunnys. OS X already includes everything it needs to protect itself from viruses and malware.
Rather than repeatedly ask about which AV software to use, a better question is "how should I protect my Mac":
Summary: Use common sense and caution when you use your Mac, just like you would in any social context. There is no product, utility, or magic talisman that can protect you from all the evils of mankind.
how often shuld i scan my computer wif clamxav?
The answer to that question would best be found on the ClamXav support website: http://www.clamxav.com/BB/
As I wrote, you should not use anything without understanding its capabilities, limitations, and potential to cause adverse effects.
It would help to know what version of OS X you are using on your MBP. Please add that to your profile.
A fully up-to-date OS X 10.6.8 and above will currenlty protect you against all known malware if you pay attention to the warnings it gives you. 10.7 and 10.8 give you better and best protection. Apple says to leave Java turned off in all your browsers as a precaution against the next threat there.
If you often download illegal software, share files with PC users, enter your admin password or approve certificates withou knowing why then you probably need to be running something, but you need to make up your own mind based on a full understanding of what various security software can do for and to you, coupled with a realization of your own operating habits and not just keep asking everybody for their opinions, which will rarely change.
Start with Thomas Reed's Mac Malware Guide.
As John Galt has told you, the ClamXav Forum is full of advise on most any question you might have about it.
i am running mountain lion on my mbp
Then what are you worried about? Macs are designed to be used, not constantly fussed with every day like PCs. Isn't that why you bought it?
thebunnys wrote:
how often shuld i scan my computer wif clamxav?
Once a week is plenty.
can macs get the RAT virus?
A Remote Access Tool can be installed by someone with direct physical access to the Mac. So can anything else, for that matter.
A RAT is not a virus, but a utility that can conceivably be installed via a "Trojan" - malicious software masquerading as something else. Such things are typically downloaded from "warez" sites that illegally distribute pirated or "kracked" software. As I wrote, if you decide to do that absolutely nothing will stop you.
Read what I wrote earlier:
Never install something without first knowing what it is, what it does, how it works, and how to get rid of it when you don’t want it any more.
You haven't answered my question: what are you worried about? Do you have reason to believe your Mac has been tampered with? Is someone stalking you? Please explain.
there is no reason i am just curious that is all.
read an article b4 about that virus and was wondering if u can get it from visiting sites.
but it is just from downloading illegal things
thebunnys wrote:
can macs get the RAT virus?
Not a virus, but there is the a Backdoor/Trojan See Macintosh Malware Catalog and click on "BlackHole RAT, aka MusMinim, aka DarkHole ". As far as I know it hasn't been seen for a couple of years.
read an article b4 about that virus and was wondering if u can get it from visiting sites.
It's really not that simple. If a Mac could get a virus simply by visiting websites it wouldn't be a Mac. It would be a Windows PC. Millions of them would already have been affected.
The only problem that comes even remotely close to that concern was the Flashback Trojan. It exploited a Java vulnerability that has since been addressed - read what I wrote.
Apple slammed the door on that threat well over a year ago.
If a Mac could get a virus simply by visiting websites it wouldn't be a Mac.
Technically, a Mac could get infected just by visiting a website. Flashback has not been the only thing to install that way; there have been numerous other things that have done that as well. In fact, just a couple days ago, a new variant of Tibet was found doing exactly that:
This is why it's important to understand where these threats are coming from and how to avoid them, rather than just saying "you're safe." There has never been a case of malware installed invisibly by visiting a web site on a Mac that wasn't due to either Java or Flash vulnerabilities. Java has been the main culprit, with Flash only having been exploited on the Mac once.
Details on how to protect yourself from such threats can be found in the section of my Mac Malware Guide titled How can I protect myself?.
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