Anti virus software......

buy a mac and you dont have to buy virus protection! i used to run norton on my old pc b/c it was all it could handle, anything else would make it crash

 

I'm running Avira AntiVir. It's free and seems to work better than anything I have used before.

 

I started running AVG a few years back and love it, much better than the other stuff out there that seems to "take over" your computer resources.

 

x2 on that... but I think the days of Mac not needing A/V may be coming to an end. Just a hunch -- as they grow and proliferate they will become a more suitable target to exploit.

The Mac has a really nice software based firewall that you can take advantage too.

 

I heart using the Mac for it's inherent protection...and for my Windows laptop I run AVG with a few other utilities...I also have Norton as a back up.

(Can you tell I'm a bit paranoid??)

 

it is true, now that so many ppl have macs, its going to draw attention to it and some kid will find a may to hack it

 

i have norton for daily use, and malwarebytes anti malware for major stuff

 

sounds like it..

 

you might want to with some ppl's computers

 

I've seen what skilled hackers can do-Like sitting at a server console watching it get destroyed....Viruses and other low class malware is easy to avoid.

 

just remember this...there is no need for 'hair gel' to be any where near a keyboard!

 

..........& it's free.

 

I use Sophos. It is free for students from the university.

 

I ran Trend Micro last year - consumer reports rated it top in protection - all it did was lock my computer up on a daily basis.

So this year I switched back to Norton Internet Security and it seems to be doing ok.

If there's a better one out there, let me know and when it's time to renew, I'll switch.

 

We run Trend Micro on all our work PC's and Symantec on our servers.

On the home PC's I've loaded AVG....works damn good and it's F-R-E-E

 

AVG and CCleaner