Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac Released

Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac Released & Comes with $59.95/£39.99 Price tag.

Looks like software companies think seriously about Mac security or just making hype to grab our money.

Ok Who's going to write a review?

You can download trial version from here

Following info from the product page.........

 

ha! never really had a need

 

I think its good that Norton, and now Kaspersky, are developing products for the Mac platform, so that when the time comes that we actually start to need AV products, more than one option will be readily available.

 

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I agree, but I get the feeling that these releases are more about capturing recent Windows converts, who automatically buy av software out of habit. Thus for these companies I think its more about developing the culture of fear that serves them so well on the pc side.
If you really must have an av on your mac, then my vote is for free iAntivirus... its free !!!!
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i agree

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with what the two poster above me said.

 

My friend got a virus on his mac a few days ago that caused him to have to reinstall OSX.

Mac viruses are real, and if you follow the same practices as you do on windows (aka windows converters) then you will get spyware and viruses.

 

Maybe. I can't verify your story but I can tell you in my case at least (on three Macs) since we've switched our habits haven't changed one bit, in fact if anything I'm more cautious still when using a windows machine, and nothing here so far. But I'm sure one day in the future we'll probably need AV on our Macs, but not today.

 

And just out of curiosity, how did your friend verify that it was actually a virus and not something else, like a questionable program that corrupted his system?

The reason I ask is because there are really so few mac-specific viruses in the wild, and all of them require user input/acceptance and admin rights to run/install and also all of them come from questionable sources, such as pirated versions of iWork through bit-torrents.

Can you elaborate on what exactly happened? Did he/she by any chance have Windows installed or running through either BC or other methods? I think it'll be helpful to other mac users to know this. Who knows, there might be something new out there that we should be aware of.

 

He did essentially very unsafe browsing like he would have on Windows (except he had anti virus and spyware software on Windows) such as watching streaming videos from questionable sites and download torrents from mactorrents.com (I believe that is the name of the site). Then he noticed he started getting a bunch of pop ups from safari about winning millions of dollars and getting a green card. Then applications began to go slow down.

By the time that he showed me his system, OSX was not booting up or if it did, critical applications were not loading up (touchpad not working, keyboard not loading up) and we just decided to reinstall the darn thing.

So a warning to all Mac converts, your Windows practices in OSX can still have the same consequences.

 

The problem is that anti*virus* isn't really needed for Windows either these days if you have more than room-temperature IQ, and that security software on the Mac is basically lagging a decade behind what's available for Windows in terms of the way they deal with threats, and what threats they deal with.

It could be also argued that Switchers who move to what they believe is a better, more secure platform are in many cases people who shouldn't be let near a Windows PC in the first instance, but the fact that they in most cases need Windows software to still get useful stuff done makes the system as a whole open to their ignorance when they use Boot Camp, Parallels or Fusion. But I don't think even those sorts of Switchers are that conditioned as to automatically purchase an antivirus.

Since Apple itself has never taken security seriously so far, it would be good to have a decent level of competition for emerging threats so that when they are at a sizeable level, the platform is ready for it.

There are other developments - Hackintosh is for example one of the ways that people in markets who may not have thought (So it's EVIL!!!! Shut it down!!!!) about purchasing a Mac now have a viable means to write and test malware.

 

Agreed . That's what I'm thinking about. just make the hype & start making cash!