Thoughts, tips, tricks, and fixes for the IT person in you. I am an MCSE and support a wide variety of IT-related items at my job, including: Windows OS's, Exchange, Terminal Services, .NET, IIS, OS X, Microsoft Office, printers, phones, Linux, Adobe Creative Suites, and plenty of other hardware and software. Hopefully some of the solutions I find throughout the workday are useful to you as well
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Free Mac OS X anti virus software
Odds are most Mac users will never need antivirus software. Out of the 35-40 Mac users I manage, I don't have any AV software installed at all. However, that doesn't mean you can't use it if you feel you need to. There's a free package out there called ClamXAV if you're interested. If it'll help you sleep easier at night, by all means, give it a try.
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In comparison to other premium antivirus software how good do you think clamav compared? I use on some Linux servers I have but I havnt really tested it yet...
Honestly, I don't know. As I stated in the post, I don't use it on any of the machines I manage. To add to that, I've never used it. I don't really feel that it's necessary, but I know sometimes a person wants an antivirus for a Mac just for piece of mind. From what I found in researching it, it sounded like people were generally happy with it. Being free is also a big bonus
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