antivirus for mac?

Question

i have a mac but i'm using it with virtual pc. it helps me because i can access different -exe softwares, incluyding spyware and viruses :s

a friend of mine told me my ibook can get a virus from windows users
so my question is, is there a good antivirus to protect my ibook? norton or virex. which one is better?

Answer 1

I'm not sure if you can catch viruses from Windows users, however a quick search turned up an interesting page talking about anti-virus solutions for Mac OS. One of them is ClamAV, an open source Anti-Virus program (also available for Linux) that is free, and it seems pretty good according to this site. It also recommends Sophos, but strongly recommends against Norton and Virex.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Your friend is crazy. You can't catch a Windows virus on a Mac. You really don't need anti virus protection with a Mac, unless you're really paranoid and you do stupid things, like open e-mail attachments from people you don't know, or hanging out on porn sites and downloading files from file sharing networks. Even with all of that, the chances of actually getting a Mac virus are very slim.