Can my Mac OSX v 10.6 get a virus?

I have been getting notifications from my Server (Telus) that I have a virus - is this possible and do I need to get antivirus software now ?!!
My system is OS X 10.6.8

jterry2012 wrote:
Can my Mac OSX v 10.6 get a virus?
The question is misleading. What do you mean by 'virus'?
If you mean a specific type of malicious software, ie, one which "can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another", then, judging by what we know at present, no.
But, if, by 'virus', you mean any kind of malware, including worms, Trojan Horses, rootkits, etc, then the answer is definitely, yes. In fact, in the past three weeks, we've seen an infection of an insidious Trojan Horse, which seems capable to take advantage of vulnerabilities in Java to install itself without user interaction, which is a virus-like behaviour. (Tell anyone who doesn't know about this to search the forum for "flashback".)
I have been getting notifications from my Server (Telus) that I have a virus
I doubt it. Of course, I don't know what notifications you've been getting from your ISP, but I'm guessing you misunderstood the notification. I suspect that, if you read carefully the notice, you'll see it's not about a virus, but about a Trojan Horse, likely one of the DNS Changer variety.

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