Questions tagged [anti-virus]

software used to prevent, detect and remove malware such as computer viruses, computer worms, trojan horses, spyware and adware.

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Why does McAfee Endpoint Protection keep auto installing?

I want to know how I can permanent uninstall McAfee Endpoint Protection. I've used the uninstall command found here, and it works. It uninstalls the software. But after some time it will auto install itself again. Is there somehow a way I can…
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Active monitoring and scheduled scanning in ClamXav?

I want to use an antivirus app on my Mac, and I heard that ClamXav is a good one to use. However, I'm not sure how to use it. All previous anti-virus scanners that I have used have two main features: Active monitoring Scheduled scanning The first…
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Malware warnings - cause for concern?

I'm fairly sure I know the answer to this, but wanted to confirm - I was doing work on a customers site, and ran into a Google flag for malware (site includes portions from a site beginning proto... that I can't remember) - I continued and finished…
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Antivirus in Macbook

Do we need to install antivirus in OS X? I'm using macbook Pro 13" currently. Which antivirus is recommended (and free)? Any other better way to protect information in OS X?
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