Virus Program for Mac

bkribbs

bkribbs

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I need a good free virus program for my mac that will protect against windows viruses and windows viruses. Don't say just to avoid viruses. I can't help it, as my school is infected.

Thanks.
 
[-0MEGA-];1479829 said:
Mac's aren't prone to Windows viruses.
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No, but cant they hold them? And then when I put my flashdrive back in, it would reinfect it? The dumb viruses have freaking autoplay enabled which I didn't know was possible.

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MTB- Just because mac viruses are rare, doesn't mean they don't exist. I would prefer to be protected, rather than get infected and have to deal with it. And gamblingman, thanks. I'll look into it.
 
Its true that Macs are affected by many infections. Most malware is made for windows, but it doesn't prevent a mac from passing viruses along. If you get a flash drive and it has malware on it, and you use that flashdrive on a friends computer.... you aren't much of a friend. Namely because that malware didn't affect you, but now the friend has malware.

And I agree, it doesnt hurt to be careful. Protect that investment!
 
bkribbs said:
No, but cant they hold them? And then when I put my flashdrive back in, it would reinfect it? The dumb viruses have freaking autoplay enabled which I didn't know was possible.

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MTB- Just because mac viruses are rare, doesn't mean they don't exist. I would prefer to be protected, rather than get infected and have to deal with it. And gamblingman, thanks. I'll look into it.
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gamblingman said:
Its true that Macs are affected by many infections. Most malware is made for windows, but it doesn't prevent a mac from passing viruses along. If you get a flash drive and it has malware on it, and you use that flashdrive on a friends computer.... you aren't much of a friend. Namely because that malware didn't affect you, but now the friend has malware.

And I agree, it doesnt hurt to be careful. Protect that investment!
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Right, but the viruses won't just copy itself to any connected media. Most viruses are designed for Windows, so they won't be able to be run on a Mac.

How do you know your school actually has a virus though? Most schools run enterprise level AV software.
 
[-0MEGA-];1480304 said:
Right, but the viruses won't just copy itself to any connected media. Most viruses are designed for Windows, so they won't be able to be run on a Mac.

How do you know your school actually has a virus though? Most schools run enterprise level AV software.
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Because if I scan my flash drive at home it comes clean. Then, when I get to school I plug it in, and leave it for a few minutes, then come home and plug it in, my computer at home will tell me I have 2 viruses. I have a worm and just a regular virus.
 
bkribbs said:
Because if I scan my flash drive at home it comes clean. Then, when I get to school I plug it in, and leave it for a few minutes, then come home and plug it in, my computer at home will tell me I have 2 viruses. I have a worm and just a regular virus.
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Are you sure it's not the computer at school you are plugging it into that has the virus? That sounds more likely.
 
[-0MEGA-];1480362 said:
Are you sure it's not the computer at school you are plugging it into that has the virus? That sounds more likely.
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Oh yeah, it is the one at school. I am just saying that once I get home, if I plug in my flashdrive, my computer here will say that I have a virus on my flashdrive, which tries to infect my computer. (It has freaking autoplay enabled, which I didn't know was possible.) The school computer's virus programs are so outdated that they can recognize a virus, but can't delete it. So I have to clean my flashdrive once I get home.

Oh, and I still need a virus program. The one that gamblingman pointed me to costs money, and after buying my hard drive, I am BROKE. :(:( I need it to be for macs, but protect against windows and mac viruses. Because a mac can be a host for windows viruses. And don't give me the "you don't need a virus program for macs." Because that isn't true.
 
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