Ok so i recently scanned my mac and it found ''infected files''
I've heard that you can't get viruses on a mac but I'm a little skeptical because if there are people smart enough to hack into ''secure'' data bases such as the governments is it unthinkable that there could be viruses for the mac??
Basically I'm stressing can anyone tell me what i need to do with these files or a program thats free (lol) and can help me out??
Thankyou guys!
Viruses on a mac???antivirus software
Thea, what your Mac found, would most likely be infected file intended to harm Windows operating system. I know, I have scanned my Mac and found several files, all of them are .exe files which are harmless to Macs, but would be disastrous if they find their ways to Windows PCs.
I don't know which virus scanner you are using, but I find ClamXav, a free Mac virus scanner to be great. It's similar to Windows' Avast. Quite efficient, with frequent definition updates.
As for your infected file, I'd just delete it.
Viruses on a mac???computer virus
there are viruses written for mac but they are far fewer than for pc you need to get an antivirus i use clamav
Try Avast for a free download, also Norton sells a version for Mac.
Its not true you can get viruses on a mac there just alot more rare. Im not to sure of a program thought sorry =[.
There are viruses for macs. There are a couple thousand viruses for macs. The reason people say that there are none for macs because this is being compared to about 1 million with more being created every day. If your scanner found virus(es), you should probably remove the file(s) or at least quarantine them because there is still a chance that it is a virus. Good luck.
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