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As the title says. Mac users are you using any anti-virus and if so which one?

I am considering Trend. Any opinions or experience with Trend or any other?

Thanks in advance for any input.


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Sophos although I have never needed it.
 
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Don't use it.

If one day my needs change I will use one but haven't needed it in about the 10 years I've been using a Mac.


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Used Sophos for ~5 years and dumped them last year. Switched to AVG.



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Never used any.



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No never have, started using macs in 1984


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I installed sophos, but it has never found anything so I just let run


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Mac and Windows user here. Same network, but no AV on the Mac, but Windows Defender and Avast for Windows.


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Mac user since 2003. Installed SOPHOS for a few years, but never found any virus. Deleted it.

Installed free Malwarebytes for Mac on my Apple 11" AIR last year which did find some crap. I do a sweep twice a year.

I also run Ghostery on Firefox which finds and deletes "trackers".


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Mackeeper, Apple always say bad things about them. That tells me that it's features are better than apple's.
Had it on multiple MacBook pros for the past 5 years...


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Squadouche here...


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Bitdefender Virus Scanner here. I use the manual (free) version so it only runs when I chose to make it do so.

Oddly enough, a few weeks ago it found two bitcoin trojans on my Mac and eliminated them. It's the first time since I switched to Macs in 2012 that I've ever found anything. No idea how they got there. Glad the free stuff worked!
 
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Avast - Free version .
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None here, never had a problem ditching whatever problem might pop up.
 
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I’ve been Apple for about 10 years now, never used one and never had an issue






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Never. Used. One. on a Mac.
 
 
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No. Not sure if I can say never, but at least not for years.
Apple puts out system updates very rapidly.

BTW: MacKeeper is, as far as I can tell, Malware and a scam. Big mistake to ignore warnings against it!!
What respectable company would “market” its product by inserting malware in your browser that claims you have a virus so you will buy their product??


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None. Just regular security updates via Apple.

An acquaintance recently RESPONDED to a phishing email, called the linked number, got scared out of her panties, and purchased lifetime Sophos for $645. When I found out, plus seeing what Sophos charges, I got most of it reversed. This was after hammering the point, "Never download and install ANY extra software" ... This lady gave up her bank acct / routing numbers ...
 
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None here now for 5yrs.


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Avast.

It's caught several malicious sites trying to install spyware into my browser.


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