Better safe than sorry? Trend Micro Smart Surfing for Mac

I can get the same protection for free using OpenDNS. I can have it block offensive sites, adware, etc. And it just set up my router's DNS and my entire network is covered.

There is that one annoying MS Word macro virus that pops up every so often on Macs in my circle. ClamX will quarantine the thing, but will not sterilize the infected Word .doc. If it is not eradicated in a certain way it will keep reinfecting every new document, so that is a bit of a hassle.

There is only one reason why you should ever install anti-virus software on your Mac, if you have to regularly share files with PC users. Even though it won't infect you, you can still transfer it to others. However, I don't regularly share files to non-Mac computers, so it's not an issue for me. And if it was, I would never pay for for anti-virus software (on either a Mac or a PC)

I've been running virusbarrier for years and for me I'd rather be safe than sorry. With Mac's becoming more and more popular the day will most likely come where a virus software will come in handy.

"The iAntiVirusâ„¢ database has been designed from the ground up to detect and remove Mac specific threats."

like what for instance?
anyone?
anyone?

"iWorkServices" trojan is not a virus. And that was only in PIRATED COPIES OF iWORK.

So, again, it is pointless to use this "protection" software.

Mac users have always felt confident in the security of their Mac based computers but now as they're becoming even more popular and more ubiquitous, you'll have to decrease ur confidence, since I'm pretty sure viruses will begin to come out, more and more everyday, for the Mac. The only reason Mac's are virus free atm is cuz they hold a very small share of the PC market, but once they become big...I fear not..I do still believe though that Macs will still be considerably safer due to the software architecture of the O/S.

Mac antivirus should be focused on closeing all the security holes in the mac so that you are one step ahead of the hackers at all times, and on detecting PC viruses so that you don't accidentally send a virus to your PC friends.

That's how you do it :)

Sure, we may be acting arrogant, but we're not really arrogant. We're not dumb either.

We'll admit that someday a virus could present itself, but we all know that it would have to take advantage of some software bug in OS X. We don't run as root, and we don't have ActiveX that'll run executables. And a software patch will fix it.

We're also computer enthusiasts, so when that virus does come, if ever, we'll know about it the same day as McAffee or Trend Micro or Norton or whomever, and we'll deal with it then. Not now.

OS X doesn't ship with its firewall on. Know why? Because OS X doesn't ship with any services listening. My firewall is still off. I don't need a digital cop inspecting all my packets, and I certainly don't need a digital cop inspecting my file system all the time.

McAfee Advisor is Free! What pay for this?

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