are there any free virus checker/spyware/firewall thingies for Macs? That one everyone recommends won't work on Apples :-(

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Hello you clever peeps (not that I'm flattering you in the hope you'll take pity on me, oh no).

That free AFG security/virus/spyware checker thingy doesn't work for Macs - any ideas where I can get something?

TIA

Well the good news is that you don't need it on a mac No viruses for macs and only a couple of trojans that actively need you to type in your password and say "yes please, I'd LOVE you to take over my computer" (and even those are extremely rare and don't propagate).

However, you CAN get a free AV package called ClamXAV if you want to do a clean sweep to protect any windows viruses transferring to windows using friends (should you forward an email which has a windows virus on it, for example). But, depends whether you're feeling generous enough to clog up your lovely mac with unnecessary software, really...

Oh hurrah! Just my computer was freezing and crashing last night after I'd downloaded a document online and I thought it might be something nasty. Have rebooted so hopefully that's OK.