hey guys, i´m looking for a free antivirus software, i heard from virex, but i don´t know if it´s online only or if it´s paid.
if all of that is positive, wich one uo recommmed? ( a free one i mean ).

Virex isn't free.. and there's really not much in the way of free AV apps for OS X.

http://www.versiontracker.com/php/se...&action=search

There's some there to take a look at..

Really though, I wouldn't sweat it. AV apps aren't a huge deal on OS X since there's no wild viruses that effect it. (yet)

I have a mac version of Sophos Antivirus. This is technically an "evaluation version", but it works fine. It's not prominently displayed on the Sophos website, so you have to do some digging, and they require you to register before allowing you to download. Then the tricky part is figuring out where to get their virus definitions, and where to install them on your hard drive. The initial setup is not really user-friendly.

Now ... some smart-mouth is probably wondering ... how would i know if it's working ... Mac OS X is not susceptable to even one virus.

Let me tell you friend ... this Sophos Antivirus for Mac will snag the Windows virus-infected files on your Mac, before you can pass them on to poor uninformed Windows users. Of course you must have the proper definition files installed. I can't speak to Micro$oft Word macro viruses, which are very different creatures ....

hey guys.
yup i found that the bloody virex, wasn´t free.
but at version tracker there´s a cool one, called VIRUS BARRIER, i certainly looks good, and i registered it, and runs well.

And virus definitions are not hard to found, like ol´good times with norton updates, you have to download them on a two month basis.

Check out ClamXav the Macintosh version of the popular opensource ClamAV. http://www.markallan.co.uk/clamXav/

It may not have all the bells and whistles of a full app but it does seem to be stable on 10.4.7 and has many useful features.

Just out of curosity, are you scanning for something particular on your mac? or is this just need to be prepared?

I just know that ClamXav is the worst antivirus for mac. yesterday I was trying to install it, it caused so much problem to my computer and me, like it's not user friendly, not good Interface, no clear instruction on how to run, once installed you cannot change the destination folder, it won't let you do that, so much problems in uninstalling, when you try to drag and drop it in other folders, it just creates shortcuts. Finally I have to remove all those files related to it after 15 minutes of installing it. Its the worst program I ever faced.

Why!!!!

It is now 2009 and no Viruses yet. Clamx is a free software, so do not expect it to be a "one push" and it takes out the garbage to!
You want one just to make sure, try virusbarrierx5. Not intrusive and does not seem to put a drain on the system.

I find that CLAMX AV works very well. I second the nomination for ClamX AV.

Clam isnt very good. It lacks real time scanning and its virus definitions are limited

Frankly the best antivirus is common sense