Should I run virus checks on CDs that come with magazines?

Hiya, I often buy Mac magazines, such as iCreate, MacFormat etc. and they all come with software CDs. It says to run a virus check on the CDs before using them.
Is this really necessary, as from what I know there are no mac viruses? If it is necessary, what kind of thing should I use?
Thanks everyone.
Charity

Hi, CharityJF and Trey, et.al. —
Charity — this general topic gets the "dead horse" treatment here regularly...
To avoid a reprise, please scan through this recent thread initiated by Richard Moore that devolved into way more than you ever wanted to know about this subject quite rapidly.
Another participant, Kathi Froio, recently linked to this MacFixIt golden oldie...
Btw, if you search this/other forums in Apple Discussions for terms like virus, spyware, malware, etc. you can fill many an idle hour...
Thanks! and...
Warm regards,
Dean

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