Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition ( ), free: This is a somewhat downgraded, but fully supported, port of British firm Sophos' business-oriented Mac anti-virus product. For both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs running OS X 10.4 and up. It was once tedious to use – you had to update virus definitions and scan your files manually – but the new ClamXav 2 allows both processes to be scheduled and run automatically. Without further ado, here they are, ranked in order of increasing price:ĬlamXav ( ), free: This OS X version of a long-standing Unix application was until recently the only fully free Mac anti-malware application.
There are nearly a dozen good anti-virus options ready for Mac users to install right now.
Fortunately, the anti-virus software makers of the world have been waiting for this day to come.
