Clutter-free and ever-secure Mac is wishful thinking rather than the objective reality.
#MAC ANTIVIRUS REVIEW CNET FOR MAC#
PDT: Links to Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac and to the Sophos blog post have been added. This Combo Cleaner review gives informative insights into the app’s Mac optimization and antivirus features while singling out its main pros and cons. And in an update to Snow Leopard in June, Apple added software to protect Macs from a Trojan horse that was being distributed by attackers disguised as iPhoto. PST with call back from Apple and link to 2002 Apple anti-virus item. Last week, the Boonana Trojan horse surfaced. PST December 2 to correct that Apple previously recommended antivirus software to Mac users, and at 1:50 p.m. While the vast majority of malware is written for the Windows platform, Mac threats do crop up. Sophos has more information about Mac threats in this blog post. The free Mac antivirus software from Sophos, which also launched a Mac support forum, will compete with ClamXav, Avast, and PCTools' iAntiVirus. The software is a noncommercial version of Sophos Anti-Virus 7.2 for Mac, targeted at home users and modified so it is easier to install and use, he said.
Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac also detects malware written for Windows that Mac users can spread via USB drives and e-mail, Chet Wisniewski, a senior security adviser at Sophos, told CNET. Though the Mac has been known to be relatively malware free, the platform's rising popularity is seeing more malware focused toward it. Sophos unveiled free antivirus software today that Macintosh users can install to detect and block malware that targets computers running the Mac operating system. Antivirus utilities and recommendations for OS X.