![]() Sponsored, or otherwise approved by Apple Inc. Low End Mac is an independent publication and has not been authorized, Version 4 supports OS X 10.4 through 10.6 on PowerPC and Requires OS X 10.7 Lion or newer on Intel Macs. Norton Internet Security for Mac, version5 Version 11 supports OS X 10.4 through 10.6 on PowerPC and Is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard through 10.8 Mountain Lion. Is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and newer. Is compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard through 10.7 Lion. Is compatible with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard through 10.8 Mountain Lion. Is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger through 10.8 Mountain Lion. The Mac App Store version of clamXav requires OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or newer. Version 2.2.1 is available for those using OS X 10.4 Tiger. It's based on the open source ClamAV application. ![]() The following free antivirus apps are listed in order of the Mac hardwareĪnd operating systems they support, going from the oldest to the newest.ĬlamXav may be the oldest OS X antivirus software inĮxistence. Mac OS X Viruses Free Mac OS X Antivirus Software ![]() Information on viruses for the Classic Mac OS, see Classic Mac OS Viruses. Which does an excellent job with adware, but I have my doubts about for any other sort of malware.Īnd to answer the inevitable question: "Do we need anti-virus software for our Macs?" At this time, no, you probably don't.This page only covers malware for Mac OS X. For that you should use the free product: Note that VirusBarrier, to my knowledge, like just about all of the other anti-virus products for the Macintosh, does not look for adware. Going by all of the reviews that one can respect, and my personal experience, that's Intego's VirusBarrier. If you feel that you need an anti-virus product, and you are willing to pay for one, you might as well get the best one on the market. ClamXav was a worthwhile product when it was free, but as a commercial product if falls quite a bit short of the features of the better Anti-Virus (AV) products. Now that ClamXav is a commercial product, I don't recommend it anymore. just scan periodically however, in your situation, you may need it always ON - a tough decision unless this is a requirement of the network used, and you have no choice but to pick 'something.' Dave NOW - in PC Magazine HERE, ClamXav received a rather POOR rating (in July 2015) - maybe the app has improved (since the developers now want your $$) - I don't know, but if I considered putting another AV app on my wife's computer, I would not want to run the program actively, i.e. Not sure what the issue is w/ the credit card but I'm sure that it can be resolved - if you REALLY want the app, then give them a call or leave an email message to their support. your concern) - my wife does this constantly on our iMac (all sorts of files), so I periodically will run ClamXav about every 6 months - I don't keep the app 'active' (not so much this one but others can be 'resource hogs' and slow down or potentially disable your computer) - just updated her computer to 10.11.2 and also updated the AV, ran the program - nothing found. Click to Mattymac - I do not run AV software on my MBPro (and have read the link above several times, so the reasons are clear) - now in the third item in that discussion, the following is quoted below regarding exchanging files w/ Windows users (i.e.
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