What anti-virus should I buy for a new eMac?

[Paul Stanway Jr]

My fiancee just got an eMac this past week. Of course I have lots of Microsoft software that runs on a pc but NOTHING for Mac OS X operating system.

What antivirus programs do "mac" members suggest.

Any free antivirus programs for the eMac?

Any free firewall programs out there for the eMac?

I know my router does a good job as a firewall.
I have tested it using both grc.com and zonelabs.com.
I just like Zonealarm's "two-way" firewall monitoring.

Thanks in advance to all for your replies.

[Ottawaman]

i don't use any antivirus
OSX has a firewall you can turn on
-Open up the Sharing system preference, choose the Firewall tab, and press Start. Press again to stop.

or
http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

[Paul Stanway Jr]

OK... thanks for the info.

I turned on the firewall in OS X.

So, there is no point in having an antivirus program for he mac?

[Ottawaman]

might stop you from passing a virus to a pc user?


firewall thread....
http://www.ehmac.ca/showthread.php?t=5811&highlight=firewall

[Tim]

The only reason I have anti-virus on my mac is to check mainly office documents coming in from clients before passing them anywhere else.

I once was passed a word doc that contained apparently a bad one, I passed it to a client, it of course doesn't do a thing to the mac.

The firewall is enabled out of the box.
Yer good to go.

Welcome to OS X.
:)

[Just Doug1]

I always like the answers I read here.

[Tim]

Paul go to versiontracker.com for any freebie softwares, lots lots and lots.

I have at times discovered software that really wish there was a free equivalent on pc. Over time you will see it isn't at all what people make it out to be.