Do Macs Need Anti-Virus Software? (MacMost Now 357)
Mar.11, 2010 in
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March 11th, 2010 at 5:11 am
That is up to you. I’m just suggesting that you don’t need it.
March 11th, 2010 at 5:59 am
thanx a lot dude! lOVE YOUR VIDEOS… however, is it ok to have at least iantivirus? tHANX
March 11th, 2010 at 6:37 am
dont watch porn and u dont get virus
March 11th, 2010 at 7:32 am
It won’t effect it. There have been some comments on this at the MacMost site. You should run anti-virus (in Windows, on your emulated PC partition) if you are doing critical things and use your virtual Windows often. I don’t simply because I rarely launch Windows, and I could simply erase and re-install it if I ever ran into trouble.
March 11th, 2010 at 8:08 am
Gary, I’m not certain you made any reference to Mac users running Windows via Parallels or Vm. If you get a windows virus in an emulated environment would that effect your Mac running on the main partition?
I’m assuming it won’t from your explanation but I switched after wasting too much time on a windows computer trying to keep it clean.
Fantastic videos you provide. You should be on Apples payroll.
regards,
Rick.
March 11th, 2010 at 9:06 am
Thank you!
March 11th, 2010 at 10:01 am
Hey Gary, I got ur book on Snow Leopard. I’m an ex-PC user (unless I’m forced to use one of those pieces of crap. lol) You’re book is AMAZINGLY HELPFUL and this video cleared this controversy SO much. Thanks a bunch man!
March 11th, 2010 at 10:52 am
So when a virus does pop up. Whos going to take the risk of having their bank account emptied based on theres no current virus, it’ll be breaking news on tv, and waiting for the ‘community or apple to resolve it.
Used windows for years, i use industry leading firewall and anti virus. I can trust the software, i know this because ive used it for years trouble free.
Theres too much yes, no, inbetween, what if, fantasy land with mac. Security is vital. I cant be taking a risk, and id feel i was
March 11th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Hi Gary just received my book and I love it and am learning so much thank you!
March 11th, 2010 at 12:10 pm
What virus did it find? It must have found a Windows virus on it. A Windows virus won’t effect your Mac. Of course I wouldn’t recommend downloading files from bt as a smart way to keep any computer clean.
March 11th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
really? then why karpersky found virus on the song i dowloaded from frostwire… need explanation. thank you. I own mac os x.
March 11th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
lol FAIL
March 11th, 2010 at 1:08 pm
i wish i had a mac
March 11th, 2010 at 1:48 pm
no he cant because none exist, he did send me something but it wasnt a virus, it was a script lol. what a fail
March 11th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Yes that one is a trojan. I agree. But Apple antimalware module in 10.6 doesn’t recognize some of the variants.
Apple aren’t virus researchers, that’s not their work.
March 11th, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Leap/A destroys the application it infects. It’s a fact and it’s enough to be considered as a virus payload.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Sending virus is a crime… Do you really think he can send you something, even a url?
March 11th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
But to get back on point, you don’t need to anti-virus to protect yourself from this (if anti-virus even does provide any protection at all from it). Just keep up-to-date and make smart decisions.
March 11th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Read the Wikipedia page: “For the worm to take effect, the user must manually invoke it by opening the tar file and then running the disguised executable within.” That’s a trojan. In addition: “Leap does not delete data, spy on the system, or take control of it.” Of course that page itself calls it a worm and a virus, so I don’t think it is very well written.
March 11th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
@macmostvideo Snow Leopard with Malware protection doesn’t recognize that threat. Only RSPlug aka jahlav.
March 11th, 2010 at 5:09 pm
@macmostvideo The problem isn’t in the terminology: Leap/A is a Trojan when it comes to your mac. It’s a virus when an Application was infected by either the Leap/A virus in other applications. And it’s a worm when it duplicates itself over the network.
But it seems it’s very difficult to educate mac fanboys.
March 11th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
It shouldn’t infect Snow Leopard with Malware protection. It isn’t a worm, it is a trojan that requires you to give permission before it can do anything. Read the Wikipedia page.
March 11th, 2010 at 6:19 pm
From the Wikipedia entry: For the worm to take effect, the user must manually invoke it by opening the tar file and then running the disguised executable within. There’s more on the Wikipedia page. Installing anti-virus won’t help you here. Being smart and up-to-date will.
March 11th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Leap_virus
March 11th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Leap/A is a virus that infects mac os x applications, by doing a spotlight search. It is still in the wild.
it spreads by sending a trojan to friends, but it infects 10 applications on your mac. You can’t be aware of its infection without scanning your mac with an antivirus software.
ClamAV doesn’t recognize it.
google for leap/a (there’s a wikipedia entry for it)