Are Apple products virus-free?

They never really have been, except for a short window of a few years when Mac OS X was a brand new system. There was malware for Macs prior to Mac OS X, and there has been malware for most of the life of Mac OS X. The only people who say there aren't are people playing word games based on an overly-literal definition of the word "virus."

For information on what kinds of threats are out there and how to protect yourself, see my Mac Malware Guide.

I download a lot of things

What "things"? FWIW, downloads from torrent sites are not always safe.

My only argument with your post is I would change "not always" to "hardly ever"!

Downloads from torrent sites are know to be loaded with a bunch of crapware that is never mention when you download them.

Allan

I know - I was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt......

Downloads from torrent sites are know to be loaded with a bunch of crapware that is never mention when you download them.

There have been a lot of adware, and even a few malware, infections lately from downloading through torrents, as well as from sites like Pirate Bay. Seems like every time I ask someone what they last downloaded when they've been infected, there are two answers lately: a torrent and Pirate Bay.

ricardobonomi wrote:

Hi! I own a Macbook Pro, and recently i heard that Apple products are not virus-free anymore

There are many categories of malware, viruses are just one category. If you are talking about just viruses, there are few to no viruses on the Mac in the wild. Also, many other types of malware are written to run on Windows and are not compatible with OS X. There is some malware written for the Mac but most of it is not widespread.

To help protect you while surfing the Web, Apple restricts use of technologies like Flash and Java that are often vectors for malware.

But in the end, you still have to be careful because many types of malware don't hack your computer, they hack you through phishing or other social engineering techniques that trick you into entering personal information into a fake site or clicking on a bad link. Because these are hacks on humans themselves, no antivirus can stop them and no system can prevent them, you just have to be smart and keep your eyes open.

And don't get greedy, since a big way malware spreads is through those downloads of "Free" pirated software and content from unauthorized sources that add who-knows-what to files you download.