Do I need anti-virus, spyware removal software?

[kazmac]

Hi am new to mac as well and was going to buy intego before I found this forum. Just was curious how you know what apps are trust worthy as i have already found hundreds just not downloaded as I don't know who to trust.

I take it the downloads available on the mac site are trustworthy but what do they mean when they are classed as shareware instead of freeware?

Really appreciate any help.

Intego found one virus a Mac I had (maybe this one? I don't remember) and then it stopped working. This was the PAID version. I second the use of the freeware ClamXav. Which I run occasionally. I think it found one malware once and got rid of it.

Since then, nothing. For the most part, Macs are virus-free. It doesn't hurt to use something like ClamXav.

 

[Rock2zep]

Virus protection

I have had no issues with virus on my Imac since I made the switch in March 2009. In fact, my wife's pc became so infected that I had had enough of fighting with virus and malware on a PC.

I bought her a mac mini as a replacement, run no virus protection, and have had no problems. She loves to visit the social websites (myspace, facebook etc) where I believe she got the bugs in her pc. Now if something isn't right the mac-mini warns her.

We love our Macs and I hope all you PC owners stay PC owners.

 

[GGJstudios]

Intego found one virus a Mac I had ...

If it found a virus, it was a Windows virus (unless you were running a very old version of Mac OS), and would have no effect on Mac OS X.

For the most part, Macs are virus-free.

Unless it's running something other than Mac OS X, Macs are currently completely virus-free.... not just "for the most part."