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Where do i get antivirus software for free?

Asked by funadvice about 1 year ago, 4 answers.

HEY I HAVE A MAC AND THIS MESSAGE POPPED UP AND SAID THAT MY COMPUTER IS INFECTED AND TO GET ANTIVIRUS. BUT DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY FREE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE FOR FREE???

Answered by arachnid on May 10, 2008, 03:52AM
1770 answers

You don't have a virus. The popup was an advert, trying to trick you into buying their product.

There is one (two?) mac virus(es), and they're not 'in the wild'.

Further, very few viruses have popups saying Hi, I'm a virus! You'd better buy a virus scanner to get rid of me!

Answered by funadvice on May 10, 2008, 04:29AM
53985 answers

If you are still worried, take it to an apple so and have the geniuses look at it. You may have to paay if its your fault for going on the website but Id try anyway. I don`t know what the warranty covers though. Good Luck!

Answered by esconsult1 on May 10, 2008, 06:23AM
592 answers

Yup, its not a virus. Its an advertisement.

My suggestion is to turn off popups in your browser. If you use Safari, then its in:

Preferences Security Block pop-up windows.

Answered by overit on May 10, 2008, 08:36AM
779 answers

Go to google type in filehippo and click on that. On the front page you will see on the right side AVG free anti virus download click that. It will take you to another screen and on the right side there will be a green arrow pointing down and a bunch of free versions of AVG free anti virus. Click that it takes about 10 mins to install and you'll have a anti virus system. Make you your uninstall your old anti virus system before you install this one