Free Antivirus Software?

[Wind Swept]

So, I went ahead and installed XP on my Mac. Does anyone know of a good, free antivirus application?

[Jayelle]

Without the question mark and the username, this thread would so be spam.

[anonshadow]

... it's a mac.

[Syphon the Sun]

AVG has always been good to me, and it tends to score much higher in comparison rankings than most commercial ones (Norton, McAfee, etc.).

I've also never had a problem with Avast, though the actual software looks kind of like a cheap computer game from the late 90s.

[wigginboy]

Free web-based virus scan: housecall.trendmicro.com works right from the website and completely free. does everything, sweeps for viruses, spyware, malware, grayware. And deletes it all too. once a week works great for me.

[Wil]

I second wigginboy... except that I don't do it once a week. It's been multiple years since I've had a virus and since I've had to use that online scanner, but when I did have to use it it's worked great.

[jotabe]

I use AVG too, with great satisfaction. I complete it with Spybot: Search and Destroy and AdAware to be protected from web threats. This protection should be completed with Firefox + AdBlock + NoScript add-ons.

[Yebra]

Clamwinis good if you want a free one that isn't based on the internet. It doesn't run in real time on it's own but if you connect it to Winpoochit can.

[Wind Swept]

Thanks, guys. I'm giving AVG a whirl, along with jota's add-on suggestions.

... it's a mac.

Hush.

[Luet]

I do the same as jotabe. All free versions and have never had a virus.

[zeroguy]

...that you know of.

[Luet]

Well, my husband works as a network/computer tech and he does the virus scans on a regular basis so I'm not too worried.

[eriador]

When I saw the thread title I was going to say "Linux" but that wouldn't work

[locke]

yeah, AVG is pretty damned good. Ad Aware is also nice. you can always look up others at www.majorgeeks.com which I use whenever I need to fix all the problems on may parents/sisters computers.