Comments on: VirusBarrier Review: Clean and Simple Virus Protection

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By: Joe Turner

Joe Turner — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:44:08 +0000

Actually, the iPod Touch is there, it is a filesystem. Apple just has it hidden from a GUI. You can access it other ways though

By: westerneyes

westerneyes — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:49:18 +0000

Since the ipod touch (unhacked) cannot mount, how does virusbarrier examine it?

By: Lester

Lester — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:35:35 +0000

Any other software in addition to VirusBarrier X5, Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 11 for Macintosh and McAfee VirusScan for Mac? Is there NOD32 or Kaspersky products for Mac?

By: Fyre Vortex

Fyre Vortex — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:11:21 +0000

jxn: I would too.

Stuart: I don’t think Norton is good on Mac right now, but the new Norton 2009 products have definitely improved from the previous products. Let’s hope Kaspersky, BitDefender, ESET, and the other big vendors bring something good to beat them back.

By: Bruce A

Bruce A — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:38:08 +0000

“If you read many Mac news sites, you will see that the number of Mac viruses has increased lately.”

Oh? I’ve seen one or two reports of Mac viruses (always from Intego) in the last couple years and they’re never viruses in the wild, and they’re never able to self-propagate. You’ll pardon me if I fail to rush to Intego to buy their “protection”.

By: Joe Turner

Joe Turner — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:31:36 +0000

Yes, this is true. It is not a big enough issue to be worried yet. I may not have conveyed it enough in the article.

@Stuart: I don’t think Norton is good either… There were quotes around good before to make this clearer…

I am sorry to all if I made viruses sound like an amazingly big issue, but I am just trying to say that you shouldn’t go unprotected… Even on a Mac.

By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:45:34 +0000

I have never used the word ‘good’ and ‘Norton” in the same sentence. I guess I just did, but never again!

The Clam is working just fine for my purposes. Also I have been using the a familiar piece of hardware to stop viruses: my brain. I think a great majority of Mac users have this cool hardware, and therefore already have builtin virus protection.

By: dex

dex — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:40:27 +0000

I regard the ugly interface a BIG con. And I believe that the current state of virus danger is not great enough for paid application if we have a free and well working ClamXav X.

By: Joe Turner

Joe Turner — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:12:13 +0000

Comparatively, there have been. If you read many Mac news sites, you will see that the number of Mac viruses has increased lately.

By: jxn

jxn — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:31:21 +0000

Can you please source where you got the “In the last few months there have been many new Mac viruses” claim from?

By: Fyre Vortex

Fyre Vortex — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:46:36 +0000

The interface looks pretty good/advanced and high-tech, but if it was free floating without the “window” then it would look even cooler.

Pushing the interface talk aside, it seems quite good.

Oh, and a typo-It’s “Symantec”, not Symantic.

By: Peter Craddock

Peter Craddock — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:32:52 +0000

I was also shocked to see such a bold statement: “In the last few months there have been many new Mac viruses”.
Please don’t spread fear without basis, and use the correct terminology.

By: Dick Barsky

Dick Barsky — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 23:16:21 +0000

As a Public Service Announcement, there have NOT “been many new Mac viruses”. There have been a handful of Mac targeted Trojan’s, usually spread from porn sites. No need to create fear where there should be only level-headed, logical thought. Don’t download and/or install anything, especially if it requires superuser/root access, unless you trust the source. If you trust porn sites as sources, well, then, good luck to you.

Regardless, anti-virus apps for the Mac are a good idea, especially if we want to protect our Windows using brethren from further infection. Intego’s VirusBarrier is a good product. I gave it a whirl on a PPC 1.42GHz Mac mini. It did it’s job without too much interference. More than I can say for any anti-virus apps I’ve used on the Windows side.