![]() The latest version of VirusBarrier offers a two-way firewall which scans outgoing as well as incoming traffic, and also monitors running applications for suspicious activity. Intego VirusBarrier ( ), $49.95/year: This Mac-centric company wins lots of "best of" accolades for its Apple-only security products. But it's always good to be well-prepared. Nor is there any anti-virus software for the iPad or iPhone. It claims to guard "against viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, keyloggers, bots, and other malware attempting to access your Mac." It also "detects banking Trojans" and protects your "iPhone/iPod/iPad." That's great, because there's never been a true Mac OS X virus or worm yet, nor a banking Trojan. Panda Antivirus for Mac ( ), $49.95/year: The Spanish company's Mac offering promises perhaps more than is necessary, or even possible. (It doesn't seem to offer cloud-based malware-definition updates, which would be even better.) There's no "Mac plus PC" option, and it's for Intel-based Macs only. ![]() Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac ( ), $39.95/year: This well-known Russian company's Mac product offers "cloud-based monitoring of websites and applications," which should offer increased protection against suspicious sites and apps. For an extra $10 per year, you can get the Mac + PC edition, which protects the Windows installation on your Intel-based Mac as well.īitDefender Antivirus 2011 for Mac ( ), $39.95/year: Romania's BitDefender adds antiphishing protection to the usual features, and like Avast! has a "Mac and PC" combo option that costs $10 more. For OS X 10.4 and up, both PowerPC and Intel chipsets.Īvast! Mac Edition ( ), $39.95/year: This Czech vendor's Mac tool features the usual customizable scans and downloads, plus "integrated email protection." It runs on both chipsets, OS X 10.4 and up. It constantly runs in the background, downloading definition updates and scanning every new file that enters the system. Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition ( ), free: This is a somewhat downgraded, but fully supported, port of British firm Sophos' business-oriented Mac anti-virus product. For both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs running OS X 10.4 and up. It was once tedious to use – you had to update virus definitions and scan your files manually – but the new ClamXav 2 allows both processes to be scheduled and run automatically. Without further ado, here they are, ranked in order of increasing price:ĬlamXav ( ), free: This OS X version of a long-standing Unix application was until recently the only fully free Mac anti-malware application. There are nearly a dozen good anti-virus options ready for Mac users to install right now. Virus definition updates are of course free, and you can get ClamXav to update when you first start the program or on a set schedule.Fortunately, the anti-virus software makers of the world have been waiting for this day to come. You can define file exclusions and even save your favorite scan locations for frequent scanning tasks. You get a Services menu option, which allows you to scan files as and when, be it that PDF you just downloaded or your entire disc. Thanks to the ClamAV antivirus engine, ClamXav will detect both Mac and Windows threats and remove them quickly and easily. Just because a potentially infected file goes totally unnoticed on your Mac, doesn't mean it's not going to wreak havoc on your poor unsuspecting friend's Windows box.ĬlamXav is the Mac GUI variant of the open source ClamAV project, and has recently entered the Mac App Store, making it even easier to get on-demand protection. While you may or may not need a virus scanner on a Mac, there's no harm in having one that you can run as and when, perhaps if you're sending a file to a Windows using colleague for instance. Antivirus on a Mac might be a touchy subject, but if you'd like the reassurance of a virus scanner that's not intrusive and can be called on-demand, then the free ClamXav is a great choice.
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