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There are two options:
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 11 (from $49)
http://www.symantec.com/norton/macintosh/antivirus
MacWorld Review Summary:
Previous versions of NAV were notorious resource hogs, and version 11 addresses that flaw.
Scanning test Mac roughly 410,000 files (give or take a GIF here and there) had little to no impact on performance. Surfing the Web, checking e-mail, and listening to music with iTunes were as snappy as I’d expect on my 2.16GHz Core Duo MacBook Pro.
NAV took more than three and a half hours to complete the initial scan 170GB of data.
Despite the low impact on your system, there will come a time when you don’t want a scheduled scan to take place (perhaps you’re in the middle of editing a large video file), and that’s where the Snooze feature comes in. Before a scheduled scan is set to run, a notification window appears that lets you delay (or snooze) the scan for anywhere from 15 minutes to a day.
- Intego VirusBarrier X5 (from $69)
https://www.intego.com/virusbarrier/
Intego VirusBarrier Detects and Eradicates the Conficker Worm
VirusBarrier X5 (version 10.5.2) bills itself as simple, fast, and nonintrusive, and it certainly lives up that billing, with the notable exception of the program's nonstandard interface. But VirusBarrier's speed more than makes up for all its shortcomings. This antivirus program scans files very quickly and, perhaps more important, with very little impact on your Mac's resources. VirusBarrier has two ways of scanning your Mac: real-time and manual. The real-time scanner constantly scans your Mac's files in the background, but it didn't slow down test Mac (a 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro) in the slightest. The manual scan is a little more resource intensive, hardly noticeable.
- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 11 (from $49)
http://www.symantec.com/norton/macintosh/antivirus
MacWorld Review Summary:
Previous versions of NAV were notorious resource hogs, and version 11 addresses that flaw.
Scanning test Mac roughly 410,000 files (give or take a GIF here and there) had little to no impact on performance. Surfing the Web, checking e-mail, and listening to music with iTunes were as snappy as I’d expect on my 2.16GHz Core Duo MacBook Pro.
NAV took more than three and a half hours to complete the initial scan 170GB of data.
Despite the low impact on your system, there will come a time when you don’t want a scheduled scan to take place (perhaps you’re in the middle of editing a large video file), and that’s where the Snooze feature comes in. Before a scheduled scan is set to run, a notification window appears that lets you delay (or snooze) the scan for anywhere from 15 minutes to a day.
- Intego VirusBarrier X5 (from $69)
https://www.intego.com/virusbarrier/
Intego VirusBarrier Detects and Eradicates the Conficker Worm
VirusBarrier X5 (version 10.5.2) bills itself as simple, fast, and nonintrusive, and it certainly lives up that billing, with the notable exception of the program's nonstandard interface. But VirusBarrier's speed more than makes up for all its shortcomings. This antivirus program scans files very quickly and, perhaps more important, with very little impact on your Mac's resources. VirusBarrier has two ways of scanning your Mac: real-time and manual. The real-time scanner constantly scans your Mac's files in the background, but it didn't slow down test Mac (a 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo MacBook Pro) in the slightest. The manual scan is a little more resource intensive, hardly noticeable.
source(s):
Review - MacWorld Norton AntiVirus 11
http://www.macworld.com/article/134302/2008/07/nav11.html
Review - VirusBarrier X5
http://www.macworld.com/article/134212/2008/07/virusbarrierx5.html
MacWorld AntiVirus Review
http://www.macworld.com/article/135900/2008/10/antivirus.html
Review - MacWorld Norton AntiVirus 11
http://www.macworld.com/article/134302/2008/07/nav11.html
Review - VirusBarrier X5
http://www.macworld.com/article/134212/2008/07/virusbarrierx5.html
MacWorld AntiVirus Review
http://www.macworld.com/article/135900/2008/10/antivirus.html
Voted as best: cjd
There are other options, including very good FREE (donation ware) antivirus apps for OS X.
ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X. It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end.
http://www.markjallan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/clamXavMainScreen.jpg
I have been using ClamXav for a couple of years on my Mac Pro and it works really well. Yes, it has caught viruses received via email, even though they were intended to affect the Windows operating system.
ClamXav is a free virus checker for Mac OS X. It uses the tried, tested and very popular ClamAV open source antivirus engine as a back end.
I have been using ClamXav for a couple of years on my Mac Pro and it works really well. Yes, it has caught viruses received via email, even though they were intended to affect the Windows operating system.
I prefer ClamXav. It does a great job scanning, and keeps the impact LOW on the system resources.
MacWorld didn't like it, but it performs a full system scan without boggin my system down. And it is FREE.
MacWorld didn't like it, but it performs a full system scan without boggin my system down. And it is FREE.
source(s):
http://www.clamxav.com/index.php?page=dl
Review http://www.macworld.com/article/134658/2008/07/clamxav11.html
http://www.clamxav.com/index.php?page=dl
Review http://www.macworld.com/article/134658/2008/07/clamxav11.html
Quick heal is best anti-virus software for the Mac.
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