Beware

[pctech]

Was thinking the same thing 

[Tacitus]

........I do wonder though if AV companies push Malware fear, or even Malware to sell products 

No operating system can guard against this type of social engineering.  Once you give your admin password it's game over.

The real problem is that when Intego find something that is truly bad, nobody will be listening.

[pctech]

No there's a conspiuracy theory

[Gary]

No operating system can guard against this type of social engineering.  Once you give your admin password it's game over.

The real problem is that when Intego find something that is truly bad, nobody will be listening.

Oh people are listening already, its just that Intego is like symantec was years back, bloated and unwanted, which is why people are keeping their eyes on forums and watching for the answer, and its not a bloated suite that no body needs with ten running processes, if you get my drift 

[Tacitus]

Oh people are listening already, its just that Intego is like symantec was years back, bloated and unwanted, which is why people are keeping their eyes on forums and watching for the answer, and its not a bloated suite that no body needs with ten running processes, if you get my drift 

TBH of all the AV suites for the Mac, Intego was the one that gave the least trouble when I gave it a trial run.  Since it never found any malware, I can't vouch for whether it was doing what it was supposed to.    Norton OTOH, installed all sorts of low level kernel stuff, no doubt in an effort to catch some of the rootkits, but this gave endless trouble.

However with Intego's new version they've added a firewall.  Whereas with the previous version, if you stopped subscribing you simply didn't get the updates, now the whole thing - firewall included - just stops working, potentially leaving your machine in a relatively insecure state.  Before the PC comedians start, I use the term 'relatively insecure' since there's no such thing as 100% security.....   

Whereas in the past I would have considered Intego AV, now I wouldn't.

[Gary]

TBH of all the AV suites for the Mac, Intego was the one that gave the least trouble when I gave it a trial run.  Since it never found any malware, I can't vouch for whether it was doing what it was supposed to.    Norton OTOH, installed all sorts of low level kernel stuff, no doubt in an effort to catch some of the rootkits, but this gave endless trouble.

However with Intego's new version they've added a firewall.  Whereas with the previous version, if you stopped subscribing you simply didn't get the updates, now the whole thing - firewall included - just stops working, potentially leaving your machine in a relatively insecure state.  Before the PC comedians start, I use the term 'relatively insecure' since there's no such thing as 100% security.....   

Whereas in the past I would have considered Intego AV, now I wouldn't.

Its sad when companies get greedy but X6 is horrid, I trust as Macs become a bigger market better AV's will develop, alas greed governs everything, I have the Mac OS firewall, my routers firewall I only need an AV when the times comes, something that does not overly complicate issues either. Its a big open field, I'm sure we will see something decent arrive. 

[Adam]

I run Kaspersky on my Macs, it sits nicely in the background and works perfectly. OS X may be more secure in certain ways thanks to the UNIX core, but nothing is 100% secure. Running no protection at all and relying on security through obscurity is asking for trouble. 

[Gary]

I run Kaspersky on my Macs, it sits nicely in the background and works perfectly. OS X may be more secure in certain ways thanks to the UNIX core, but nothing is 100% secure. Running no protection at all and relying on security through obscurity is asking for trouble. 

I would never touch Kaspersky myself it messes with your harddrive by tagging files permanently, I have suffered at the hands of that AV before, on Windows and would never touch it again, even if you paid me to, that's just my opinion on that AV.

[Tacitus]

.... Running no protection at all and relying on security through obscurity is asking for trouble. 

Depends where you hang out of course.....   

I know a Mac user who never pays for software and gets it all from torrrents and Warez sites.  Despite all my warnings about the risks, she runs no AV at all and claims never to have had a problem.  How she would know remains a mystery, since I doubt she regularly watches processes with Activity Monitor, even if she knew which was which.

Now that really is asking for trouble....

[Gary]

Depends where you hang out of course.....   

I know a Mac user who never pays for software and gets it all from torrrents and Warez sites.  Despite all my warnings about the risks, she runs no AV at all and claims never to have had a problem.  How she would know remains a mystery, since I doubt she regularly watches processes with Activity Monitor, even if she knew which was which.

Now that really is asking for trouble....

Thats scary tbh, I check regularly and have tightened down OSX as much as possible, but I will use a AV as and when its needed, and not one that messes with OSX permissions system.

[pctech]

Only machine you can run without AV at all these days is one without any network connection whatsoever.

[Steve]

Not forgetting though the person operating the keyboard, I used Windows for 18 years and never had a virus detected despite all that money I spent on AV software perhaps I've been lucky.

[Gary]

Not forgetting though the person operating the keyboard, I used Windows for 18 years and never had a virus detected despite all that money I spent on AV software perhaps I've been lucky.

I never did as well but then I never opened emails with titles like luVed Yu in ThI3 V1d30 but times are changing even for macs, I just cant see a decent AV yet that really benefits Macs, most benefit Windows users.

[cavillas]

I just cant see a decent AV yet that really benefits Macs, most benefit Windows users.

Thats because most anti virus software is built using Windows software and most virus writers use Linux or windows to write the viruses bacause they can't afford a MAC.

[Gary]

Thats because most anti virus software is built using Windows software and most virus writers use Linux or windows to write the viruses bacause they can't afford a MAC.

a article about Mac Malware http://www.reedcorner.net/thomas/guides/macvirus/