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Hello everyone. In spite of Apple’s claim, it IS possible for MAC computers to become infected with malware and viruses. Are there any live response tools that exist to remove malware? If so, can you please give me some insight on what they are, so that I can research them?

@Sophos

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Everyone here already knows that macs can get viruses. The only removal tool I have found is by Bitdefender. Not sure what a “live response tool” is.

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Trend Micro also has a Mac version and Sophos makes one too.

Trend Micro

Sophos

Chris

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some of the security gurus that I have spoke with say that a very high percentage of targeted attacks are on Apple and Linux (ie high level government)

Sophos have a free home user Mac AV plus as paid business and linux one

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Apple fanboy’s say that. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen Apple actually say it though.

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I had a couple users whose Mac’s became infected, used Sophos on one and Trend Micro on the other, both worked really good at removing the problem.

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I get tired of hearing how Macs don’t get infected. Neither does my toaster (I don’t know what I’m saying there) but I still take all precautions that I deem necessary. Check out this Apple Store link . It may have something you’re looking for.

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Yes indeedy macs can get viruses contrary to popular user opinion rolls eyes, best antivirus I have found for macs yet that is also free is Sophos, it can get rid of a multitude of mac nasties. Best paid for option I have seen is Symantec. I would go for Sophos, Symantec doesn’t really have much above what Sophos offers despite costing money.

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They’ve poked at it in their past advertising.

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It may be bolting the park doors after the T-Rex has bolted but Sophos is free on the Mac and can be used as an A/V and may help(In conjunction with safe interweb practices) to prevent some malware from being on the system in the first place.

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It’s always the people that spell it MAC…

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As an Apple user (and Windows user for that matter) I’ll freely admit they do get viruses. There are just fewer of them is all.

On topic though, I’m using Avast ! on my Mac’s. So far the only thing it’s ever found is emails with bad attachments but it’s free and doesn’t seem very resource intensive.

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But, Macs don’t get viruses. That’s just blasphemy to the all mighty Steve Jobs. All hail Steve Jobs as our lord and savoir. (sarcasm)

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These two sites are a must if you’re researching malware on Mac:

http://securityspread.com/

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Macs can get viruses and adware, though it’s still pretty unlikely. My problem with Apple is the culture of laziness it seems to foster. “I’ve got a Mac, I’m safe!” (said smugly).

Then they go and respond to phishing emails and I disable their account because it’s sending out spam.

“But…but… but… I use a Mac!”

Oh, and of course, after the fact, the user is convinced that phishing emails were obviously a problem created by PCs.

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The short answer, is that most of the typical major AV solution vendors that have tools for Mac will do fairly well frankly. Some are better than others as always, but the same general premise is true for Mac as for Windows regarding AV/AM solutions (there’s just less of them for Mac).

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Mac*

sorry it was bothering me =P

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Link to Wikipedia article on the subject.

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Were you asking for one? Or did you forget the link in your post?

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Damn multitasking - Get a Mac - Wikipedia

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