2006-08-19 01:51:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
aren't there only like 5 and a half viruses for mac? one of them is half because it doesn't do any thing.
2006-08-20 14:28:18 · answer #1 · answered by Mike-Q 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, there aren't any MacOS X viruses, you won't be able to get one. you won't be able to seize something on a Mac by technique of travelling a information superhighway web site, clicking on an ad, or taking off an digital mail. There are a small handful of Mac trojans that are both keyloggers or spambots. you may want to be tricked or duped into setting up one in all them such as your admin password. they're in torrents of Photoshop CS4, iWorks 09 and Snow Leopard. also they're in fake malware remover, antivirus, poker recreation and formats to view porn. There are some new variations being generated (fake updates of iTunes despatched to you in an digital mail) yet they nevertheless in all circumstances require you to turn on them such as your admin password and deploy them. merely be attentive to what you're setting up and make constructive the positioning is valid. maximum antivirus applications truly decelerate a Mac and reason more effective complications than they're properly worth because they seem for the a million,000,000 abode windows virus. iAntivirus merely looks for the 8 or 9 Mac trojans and doesn't sluggish a Mac down. MacScan does the same yet besides looks for monitoring cookies. when you're making use of Snow Leopard, the firewall is on your protection administration panel, merely enable it and block all sharing on your sharing administration panel. when you're making use of an formerly version of MacOS X, the firewall might want to be on your sharing administration panel. you've a more effective probability of the organizations or banks that you do organization with, being those compromised instead of you such as your Mac. I had my well being coverage & college records get hacked at those establishments.
2016-11-26 01:32:04 · answer #2 · answered by vogt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know for sure but try AVG ~ its free and i seem to recall them supporting mac and linux too
2006-08-19 01:56:04 · answer #3 · answered by Ðêù§ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AVG free ,, griftsoft,com
2006-08-19 01:57:27 · answer #4 · answered by SPACEGUY 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are a couple..
http://www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/
http://www.sophos.com/products/es/endpoint/sav-mac.html
2006-08-19 04:23:05 · answer #5 · answered by acklan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u can download avg antivirus for free.besides that, u can also find more free antivirus from www.download.com.
2006-08-19 01:58:21 · answer #6 · answered by fm_hyudin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋