SOLOSAINT  just use the uninstaller to remove... most anti-virus software requires its uninstaller to remove itself due to the nature of maleware trying to remove or disable the AV software   
(Version 6/30/09)

STUDIODAVE56  The only true virus on the Mac is any virus protection software, "YOU DON'T NEED THIS"  
(Version 7/02/09)

SOLOSAINT  unless, of course, you get a virus ....   
(Version 7/02/09)

STUDIODAVE56  If someone actually figured out how to write a real virus for the Mac, none of the virus protection software would know how to stop it. So until there is a virus proven to be released in the wild and infecting Mac computers you are wasting your time, money and computer cycles.  
(Version 7/02/09)

SOLOSAINT  yeah, that is why Apple recommends Antivirus software on your mac..

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/240255/apple-recommends-security-software-for-mac-owners.html

..I love the Mac, but it sure attracts some n00bs ...

look, every computer needs some security software, antivirus, anti-worm/trojan, anti malware, IDS, etc ... dont be a n00b  
(Version 7/02/09)

STUDIODAVE56  The only reason Apple recommends the use of any virus program is because if in fact someone ever figures out how to release one they would be there to try to pick up the pieces a little faster than if they were not even working a Mac program. So prevention from a currently non existent virus would take weeks to fix verses years. If there ever is a virus you will either get it (even if you are running virus protection) or you will have time to buy the software and install it before it gets you.  
(Version 7/02/09)

STUDIODAVE56  I should also note that Norton would be my last choice.

This is listed as free, it is not free it is only available for your yearly subscription fee.  
(Version 7/02/09)

SOLOSAINT  oh goodness n00b... you just said that all these anti-virus softwares for Mac protect against NOTHING and are just in case something does come out, do you really think Apple would recommend software for a hypothetical future situation?

Sure people, if you believe this n00b, then don't protect your Mac. Oh, and if you are smart and want to check out what AV programs protect against, just check the virus definition files on Symantec's website or in the program itself. There have been Mac viruses since OS 7, remember the program Disinfect?

Dam n00bs make Mac users look like idiots  
(Version 7/02/09)

STUDIODAVE56  Your true lack of knowledge is showing. You know nothing about politics. There has not been a virus for the Mac since OS9. I have been using Mac since OS6. Never seen a Mac virus and surfed the web every day. Worked at a mostly PC company for 7 years and continued to work while the rest of the company went down because I was doing my email on the Mac. 6 years later they are all Mac. I would get email with virus attachments all the time and that is when everyone else went down, not me.

What ever that "n00b" means it must be your tiny brain a bit glitchy because real men don't talk like that. That's all for you, go waste your time and money on all the useless virus "Non"Protection software there is. I'm not wasting any more time with you.  
(Version 7/02/09)

SOLOSAINT  hahahhaha, you wrote whatever n00b means... thats funny..

well, Symantec is a multi million dollar company, why dont you just prove to them that isnt a mac virus and thus they are falsely advertising...

your example of your mac not getting a PC virus is retarded, of course it wouldnt have been infected, PC viruses dont do anything on a mac, its different code that cannot run on the mac platform. hope you one day get a sense of how computers work... but yeah, let macupdate users read our convo and maybe some will decide that the dozen AV Mac progies are all bogus, all of them, sure... n00b  
(Version 7/02/09)

LOKHEED  All Windows systems have an AV. If you passed along a virus, the AV installed on the person's PC would have found it...

Running an AV on Mac OS X to protect PCs is absurd (and no doubt nets Symantec a nice profit). The equivalent of someone who buys car insurance and then opts to take the bus...

It seems the age old maxim: "a fool and his money are soon departed" still hold true.  
(Version 09/18/08)

SOLOSAINT  "All Windows systems have an AV" ... um, go back to A+ certification school, All Windows systems DO NOT have an AV, tard  
(Version 2/20/09)

TWELVEIGHTYONE  Could you please provide evidence of the malware that affects OS X?  
(Version 02/20/08)

TRONDAH  I'd like to see that too. As a system administrator for an IT company through 6 years I have yet to see any. I know it's possible, and that there are proof of concepts floating around, but in practice I never even heard of anyone getting infected by anything.  
(Version 02/20/08)

PETER DA SILVA  There have been two cases of malware for OS X that could have been considered to be "in the wild". One was distributed by AIM file transfers, and the recipient had to explicitly save and run the program, and one was disguised as a special codec to allow the victim to view images at a porn site... and again the victim had to explicitly install it.

Neither lasted long enough for antivirus software to have a detection pattern added quickly enough to have made the inherent dangers of running antivirus software worthwhile.  
(Version 02/20/08)

D9  ClamXAV seems pretty sweet and simple to setup. I guess the proof is in the pudding to see if it both catches potential viruses as well as avoids cramping the system in doing so.

Any info on whether this scans for PC viruses, too? This is important for those of us working in mixed environments where are Macs at the least may be transporters for those bugs.  
(Version 7/12/06)

MECHAMANIA  If Windows users need the protection, then they can buy me the software and install and maintain it.

Better yet, they can get a Mac.  
(Version 6/8/06)

BUBI  I don't see the point. if the dod thinks you need an antivirus for a mac then god save america!!!!

Had a mac since 1994 and yet to see one!!

what a joke!  
(Version 09/18/08)