Installing anti virus software
Does anyone have experience with Norton Anti Virus Software for the Mac? I am running OS X Maveracks with a Parallels Destop 9 VM running Windows 7 with Norton 360 Security (a hold over from when I migrated to the Mac). I am thinking I would like to install some form of Antivirus software on the MAC - Norton recommends their Norton Antivirus 12 for Mac.
Couple of questions -
1. With the MAC OS X Is it really necessary or recomended to install Anti virus on a Mac?
2. Does any one know of issues with compatibility issues with installing Antivirus software on both the MAC and Windows VM?
3. Is there a single Antivirus product that can be installed which will cover both the MAC and Windows environments?
Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Honestly, there's no reason to install AV software on the Mac. When I first switched to Mac many years ago, I thought it was needed and learned afterwards that it really isn't. I haven't had any AV software on any of my Mac for years now.
There are some that say you should have it, but it's really there to protect files/emails that you may be getting/sending to Windows users. But that's why they need AV software in the first place!
And last, to my knowledge there are still no "true" Mac viruses in the wild. There are some trojans and whatnot that I know of, but they all need user interaction to actually install so as long as you use good common sense, this shouldn't be a problem.
That's my opinion, however, and others may differ.
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The only reason I have ever seen to install
anti-virus on my Mac was to satisfy my corporate IT
guys requirements that I am running up-to-date
anti-virus software before putting my Mac on their
LAN.
I basically launch it if they want to see it, then
close it...because its useless
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