CLAMXAV 2 ANTIVIRUS FOR MAC
CLAMXAV 2 ANTIVIRUS MAC OS X

Intego VirusBarrier ( ), $49.95/year: This Mac-centric company wins lots of 'best of' accolades for its Apple-only security products. But it's always good to be well-prepared. Nor is there any anti-virus software for the iPad or iPhone.

CLAMXAV 2 ANTIVIRUS MAC OS X

It claims to guard 'against viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, keyloggers, bots, and other malware attempting to access your Mac.' It also 'detects banking Trojans' and protects your 'iPhone/iPod/iPad.' That's great, because there's never been a true Mac OS X virus or worm yet, nor a banking Trojan.

CLAMXAV 2 ANTIVIRUS FOR MAC

Panda Antivirus for Mac ( ), $49.95/year: The Spanish company's Mac offering promises perhaps more than is necessary, or even possible. (It doesn't seem to offer cloud-based malware-definition updates, which would be even better.) There's no 'Mac plus PC' option, and it's for Intel-based Macs only. Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac ( ), $39.95/year: This well-known Russian company's Mac product offers 'cloud-based monitoring of websites and applications,' which should offer increased protection against suspicious sites and apps. For an extra $10 per year, you can get the Mac + PC edition, which protects the Windows installation on your Intel-based Mac as well.īitDefender Antivirus 2011 for Mac ( ), $39.95/year: Romania's BitDefender adds antiphishing protection to the usual features, and like Avast! has a 'Mac and PC' combo option that costs $10 more. For OS X 10.4 and up, both PowerPC and Intel chipsets.Īvast! Mac Edition ( ), $39.95/year: This Czech vendor's Mac tool features the usual customizable scans and downloads, plus 'integrated email protection.' It runs on both chipsets, OS X 10.4 and up.

It constantly runs in the background, downloading definition updates and scanning every new file that enters the system. Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition ( ), free: This is a somewhat downgraded, but fully supported, port of British firm Sophos' business-oriented Mac anti-virus product. For both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs running OS X 10.4 and up. It was once tedious to use – you had to update virus definitions and scan your files manually – but the new ClamXav 2 allows both processes to be scheduled and run automatically. Without further ado, here they are, ranked in order of increasing price:ĬlamXav ( ), free: This OS X version of a long-standing Unix application was until recently the only fully free Mac anti-malware application. There are nearly a dozen good anti-virus options ready for Mac users to install right now. Fortunately, the anti-virus software makers of the world have been waiting for this day to come.

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