Mac OSX and Anti-virus

sculptor · 21 Feb 2007 at 15:58

My daughter has a Mac Mini and she has been advised by the salesman in the Apple Shop that she dosent need to install anti-virus software.
Could someone tell me if this is true.

Thanks, Tom.

Rooky007 · 21 Feb 2007 at 15:58

sculptor said:
My daughter has a Mac Mini and she has been advised by the salesman in the Apple Shop that she dosent need to install anti-virus software.
Could someone tell me if this is true.

Thanks, Tom.

Yup that is true dont really need any virus software at all.

Will_3rd · 21 Feb 2007 at 16:00

sculptor said:
My daughter has a Mac Mini and she has been advised by the salesman in the Apple Shop that she dosent need to install anti-virus software.
Could someone tell me if this is true.

Thanks, Tom.

Not at the moment, but in the future it could change.

Moredhel · 21 Feb 2007 at 16:26

Will_3rd · 21 Feb 2007 at 16:33

Nice ^^

Saving that one for later...

artaxerxes · 21 Feb 2007 at 17:47

There is a slender reason why you should consider anti virus on the Mac - if you receive and forward mail regularly to Windows PCs in a business sensitve enviroment. You can act as an unwitting vector, forwarding infected mail. Essentially a Typhoid Mary.

However I have not seen this happen in the wild.

If youwant top grade and free Anti Virus software for Macs

http://www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/

All you are wasting is cpu cycles.

sculptor · 21 Feb 2007 at 22:19

Thanks for the replies guys, shame Windows isnt the same.

Tom.

28ten · 21 Feb 2007 at 22:31

No you don't need AV but I fear the day will arrive when you do

fdxd · 21 Feb 2007 at 22:37

you dont need it, waste of time.

barnettgs · 21 Feb 2007 at 22:52

artaxerxes said:
There is a slender reason why you should consider anti virus on the Mac - if you receive and forward mail regularly to Windows PCs in a business sensitve enviroment. You can act as an unwitting vector, forwarding infected mail. Essentially a Typhoid Mary.

However I have not seen this happen in the wild.

If youwant top grade and free Anti Virus software for Macs

http://www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/

All you are wasting is cpu cycles.

Don't need this if you're using web-based mail though.