That's a good question. The most common answer you're going to find is "we
don't need antivirus/anti-malware." For the most part that is true, as OS X
is based on Unix (BSD to be exact, I think.) That being said, there has been
some recently publicized (in this list even, I think J) activity that
warrants looking for anti-malware on the Mac.

My suggestion would be to check the "usual suspects": McAfee, AVG, Symantec
(YUCK!), etc.

I just did a little bit of looking (not much, mind) and the ONLY thing I
found was Avast! has a Mac version. Trend Micro (maker of PC-Cillin and host
of the free on-line virus scanner "antivirus.com") makes a Mac version of
their stuff, so it's available. You just have to look a lot harder to find
it than with Windows anti-malware. J

 

John-AldrichTile-Tools

 

From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 12:21 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Mac Anti-Malware

 

What is a good Mac OS X(?) Anti-Malware software?  I have zero experience
with Mac's and was just instructed to begin looking for some software for
one.  Anyone got a good recommendation they will offer up?

 

Thanks and I am off to see what is out there.

 

Jon Harris

 

 

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