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I am not trying to be an Apple fan-boy, but does anybody run anti-virus on their Mac's? AntiVirus these days seems like snake oil.
by nodesocket 14y ago
I am not trying to be an Apple fan-boy, but does anybody run anti-virus on their Mac's? AntiVirus these days seems like snake oil.
- mattquiros 14y agoI actually have the same question. I just switched to a MacBook a few months ago and never felt the need to install an antivirus (I've always had Avira on my old Windows 7 PC, but primarily for scanning flash drives). But actually, even in my old PC, I never really had major problems with viruses. I've always thought you can only get them by irresponsibly downloading and installing untrusted software, and websites.
- protomyth 14y agoGenerally, my only real reason for running an anti-virus on the mac has been to check e-mail attachments so I don't spread something.
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoIt's an unfortunate reality that the more people that ask this question, the more likely it is that we will need some form of defense. Go back to Windows, I say!
- lucian303 14y agoThis isn't because OSX is inherently more secure but because of the fact that virus/malware makers target Windows more than any other OS because it's the most widely deployed desktop OS. And yes, occasionally having AV software on a Mac will help a lot. But it's usually some fucked up program installing some stupid kext or similar non-kext kext that fucks up your OSX system.