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I have a MacBook that I use for programming and graduate school work. Since I bought it, I've not given much thought to putting an anti virus on it. I bought it about 6 months ago and for some reason, doing so has never crossed my mind until this morning.
I scanned this site (using the search feature) to find what people might recommend. I had assumed that this would have been asked already. I've not found any post related to Anti and Mac.
But, I found this post and I started questioning whether I need it or not.
Do I need an Anti Virus on my MacBook? For my Window's machines, I run AVG Anti Virus free edition. Is there a free edition (of something) for a Mac OS X based computer?
2http://superuser.com/questions/6778/free-mac-os-x-anti-virus-software – Troggy – 2009-07-28T14:36:18.230
@Troggy: I'm mainly wondering if I need it. If I was solely looking for free anti virus software, I would have Googled for that. But, that said, my search didn't find that post so I thank you for posting the link. – Frank V – 2009-07-28T14:56:22.423
I didn't say it was a dup, it was just closely related. – Troggy – 2009-07-28T15:09:56.920
Still, why not limiting the question to "do I need it" then? – Arjan – 2009-07-28T15:48:39.357
I hadn't been able to find the post at the time I wrote this. And at this point, to take out that part would disrupt the flow... I don't think it is nessasary.... – Frank V – 2009-07-29T14:16:24.050
Simple answer: No. You don't need it. – Wuffers – 2010-10-08T23:20:25.493