Sophos: malware on the Mac is real, here's a free antivirus

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 22:17:00 +0000

Sophos has released a free antivirus product for consumers using Mac OS: Sophos Anti-Virus Home Edition for Mac. Although commercial antivirus products for Macs have been available for some time, Sophos’ offer is one of the very few free ones.

The Internet security firm took its existing enterprise antivirus software and slimmed it down to reduce complexity. Interestingly, the company has no plans to release an equivalent free version for Windows. Windows threats are in the millions while the number of strains of Mac malware is in the thousands.

Sophos on Omid Farhang

Sophos: malware on the Mac is real, here's a free antivirus