antivirus and the like

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hi
i've had a scare with online banking and have since got jittery about people sending me stuff in email etc
like recently i got a text file sent to me, i dont think the mac would have anything built in to pick virus' up?
think i want to install an antivirus and wondering what is best, what do other people use on their Macs

 

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if it wasn't silly price and not a subscription preferably
, you buy it once and get all the updates for life

 

[CircleFaust]

I'm fairly surprised at a lot of Mac users who think they don't need AV stuff. Even if the OS isn't particularly susceptible to them, you wouldn't want to be responsible for accidentally passing one on would you...?

I use BitDefender on all my stuff - MacOS and Windows. Works well enough, but isn't free. Decent summary of the available stuff over at Tom's Guide.

thanks
yeah 'back in the day' the mantra was you never get viruss with a mac, hackers want to attack windows only blah
i mean, just cant be true anymore can it?

online scammers are everywhere and want invade your hard disk regardless i'd think?

 

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Yes macs can get intruded. All operating systems can and they are all targeted but it depends how aware you are about things and what you turn on in the system in terms of security.

Give the free ones ago as already mentioned but keep away from Symantec products as stated. Horrible pieces of software.

thanks (we need thanks/agree/useful/etc type buttons on here, come on ocuk )

 

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Cheap Bitdefender key

i see it's on offer for £30, is there a key to get it cheaper or...?