What is the best up to date, free protections to get for my Mac?

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I Know MacKeeper and CleanMyMac are viruses, but I want to know what are good, free protections to get for my Mac? I know a lot of Antiviruses really aren't very good at all because of way too many false-positives.

I know how to make a Windows secure however, as I've used this guide to make my Windows secure:

http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?to...

Basically what I want is the same type of information as is in the link above but for a Mac instead of a PC. Thank you for any help you guys can give!

Answer 1

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MacKeeper and CleanMyMac are not viruses. Some people cannot figure out how to uninstall them, and that causes frustration that leads them to say "It must be a virus."

"way too many false-positives" that would be Sophos. It also takes the better part of the day to scan. I stopped using it for those reasons.

Antivirus software for OS X can help prevent Trojans and data theft. There are no OS X viruses currently in circulation. Back in 2006, there was a worm designed to affect dragged in apps that some sites called a virus. It could not affect OS X systems files or properly installed apps. It is no longer in circulation, and subsequent security updates block this type of code now.

Try iAntivirus.

Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_%28computer_worm... (2006 worm) http://blog.intego.com/2011/05/02/intego-security-... (2011 Mac Trojan makes news) http://www.iantivirus.com/download/ (iAntivirus free, requires OS 10.5 or later, Intel) http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/free-mac... (Sophos free) http://www.clamxav.com/ (ClamXAV, free) http://www.avast.com/en-us/download-software (Avast free, scroll down to link "avast! Mac Edition") http://tinyurl.com/7rtz2dk (Comodo, free -- used Tiny URL, since their real URL is 777 characters!!!!) >

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Source(s): Industry Top Antivirus Software - http://moveantivirus.com/?aQto

Answer 3

I would recommend Sophos Anti-Virus. Its Free, protects you from Mac Viruses, and ALSO Windows Viruses!

Source(s): Use it myself, Very good software

Answer 4

Windows is never secure. No OS is secure, you can do what is called OS hardening.

All open source software for Mac

http://www.digitaldarknet.net/thelist/index.php?pa...

Open source security tools

http://sectools.org/