Some of them are capable to detect Windows malware but they won't protect a Windows installation within a virtual machine, so NO. Only if you are paranoid, download and install software from unknown sources and you don't care about the performance decrease. They have already been addressed by Apple via the built-in malware protection respectively the Security Updates.ĭo you need an Anti Virus application for Mac OS X?
As James already pointed out the potential of catching an infection on Mac OS X is minor (of not zero). Right now I can only think of 3 spreading malwares (scareware), all of them require you to manually run an installer and input your password.
