How often do you scan your computer for viruses?

How often do you scan your computer for viruses?

  • Daily

    Points: 40 13.6%
  • One or more times per week

    Points: 35 11.9%
  • Once a week

    Points: 46 15.6%
  • Two or three times a month

    Points: 25 8.5%
  • Once a month

    Points: 35 11.9%
  • Once every couple of months

    Points: 29 9.9%
  • Once or twice a year

    Points: 10 3.4%
  • Once every year

    Points: 10 3.4%
  • I need to scan my computer?

    Points: 41 13.9%
  • Other

    Points: 23 7.8%

  • Total voters
    294
I never do it, I never get a virus unless I download unknown or unpopular programs without it being trusted or scanned prior to running it.
 
infected with viruses? nah but my desktop is swimming with dolphins
totally-not-a-virus.jpg
 
Not even close to often enough.. My dad does that, he's the tech guy. (I'd ruin it or something..)
 
macs dont get viruses.

My computers do it when they are sleeping, and most of my computers are macs so I don't have to deal with viruses!

If only that were still 100% true?

I'm just waiting for the day someone makes a virus for macs.

Someone has. There have been like 2 reported incidents of viruses for macs.

If you consider a Trojan to be a virus, that is.
But Mac OS X was updated to counter them.

If only Microsoft did that?

MacBook FTW!!

+9000!

I have a mac, so....yeah

+9000!

NEVER. got dat MAC swag. don't hate :)

Mac OS X FTW!
 
Never. I've had a Trojan once, but that was with Windows 98 in the year 2000. Never had one since, and have never needed one.
 
and for the record, macs dont have a lot of viruses because the userbase is so small, the people who make the viruses dont bother because you can get more info from PC users because there are more of them.
Source.

So its not necessarily because you mac is safter (although the Unix its based on helps), its just that its more rewarding to attack PCs.
 

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