01-11-2012, 03:59 PM
I've tried Intego and ESET http://www.eset.com/us/home/products/antivirus-for-mac/
but neither have ever discovered anything on 6 TB of old and new data, and they
slow the machine down when set to examine every webpage, every new file (every cookie, etc.)
Worthless...
The only thing I use now is MacScan - which was free during a special offer (and it updates and sends
me a receipt for $0) - but it just looks for tracking cookies (as I have it set) and removes them,
and only runs when I launch it 2x a week. 3 mins and it's done. (Longer if you've never cleared
cookies or had a reason to reset Safari... maybe 20 minutes).
Example... I went to PepBoys.com to look at tires, and every site afterwards for 3 days, the ads on
the right where ads for PepBoys tire deals. Really pissed me off, actually. The blacklist was updated
that week, and MacScan removed that b@stard and I was free of it.
the only way I would ever run a permanent version on a Windows install would be if it were done via
BootCamp. Not on a virtual machine. I keep "virgin installs" - so if I did happen to get a virus on a
virtual machine... who cares? Throw it away - and open up the virgin install that's zipped and always
ready to extract like a clean piece of paper.
but neither have ever discovered anything on 6 TB of old and new data, and they
slow the machine down when set to examine every webpage, every new file (every cookie, etc.)
Worthless...
The only thing I use now is MacScan - which was free during a special offer (and it updates and sends
me a receipt for $0) - but it just looks for tracking cookies (as I have it set) and removes them,
and only runs when I launch it 2x a week. 3 mins and it's done. (Longer if you've never cleared
cookies or had a reason to reset Safari... maybe 20 minutes).
Example... I went to PepBoys.com to look at tires, and every site afterwards for 3 days, the ads on
the right where ads for PepBoys tire deals. Really pissed me off, actually. The blacklist was updated
that week, and MacScan removed that b@stard and I was free of it.
the only way I would ever run a permanent version on a Windows install would be if it were done via
BootCamp. Not on a virtual machine. I keep "virgin installs" - so if I did happen to get a virus on a
virtual machine... who cares? Throw it away - and open up the virgin install that's zipped and always
ready to extract like a clean piece of paper.