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It's free, and since it's from the App Store, it won't destabilize the system. If you require anti-virus protection Thomas Reed recommends using Dr.Web Light from the App Store. OS X Mountain Lion- Protect your Mac from malware

Mac OS X Snow Leopard and malware detection Helpful Links Regarding Malware ProtectionĪn excellent link to read is Tom Reed's Mac Malware Guide.Īlso, visit The XLab FAQs and read Detecting and avoiding malware and spyware. In fact I recently have had an issue with their direction which I have fortunately been able to workaround, see - Deploying Sophos Anti-Virus on a Mac network Unlike some the Mac version does also spot and block Windows malware and thereby will help you not pass on malware to Windows users.ĭisclaimer: I am merely a long time customer of Sophos, I don't get any commission etc. Sophos has consistently come high in comparisons for Mac anti-virus products.

You may therefore want to consider the free Sophos Anti-virus Home Edition for Mac (for home use only), see ition.aspx this is based on their paid for product which you could also consider if you are wanting to use it in a work environment. If you are in a business or education environment then while the risk to the Mac itself is still low you have far more of a responsibility to prevent passing any viruses to poor unfortunate PC users. In a Mac only environment which would usually be a home environment like others have said here it is probably not necessary. Is there any antivirus software recommended for Mavericks?