In 1976 a company by the name of Apple released their first product called "The Apple 1" personal computer, a device hand built by one of the co-founders.

The Apple 1 was a revolutionary product designed to make life easy in "the big world" and sold for $666.00 which equates to roughly $2600 in today's monetary value.

In 1977 the Apple 2 was introduced, a faster, more powerful model and incorporated more ram, a faster brain and a floppy drive! And the rest is history.

Today, Apple is known for its revolutionary products like the iPod, iPhone, iPad, the Apple Macbook/iMac and of course their fantastic marketing skills.

So what exactly am i talking about i hear you say?

Roughly 10 years ago Apple started a fairly hectic marketing campaign to push the sales of their personal computers higher then ever expected. Their goal was to have a Mac computer in every household, school, university and workplace.

People all over the world at this point in time were already on to IBM computers, set in their ways and not wanting to change systems or learn how mac software operated.

Apple's come back to this was the fact that their systems at the time were not prone to viruses, helping almost 50% of users change to Apple computers overnight.

No Viruses… UNTIL NOW!

Within the last two years the talk of possible viruses for the Apple operating system have become closer and closer, unfortunately they have arrived and systems are no longer safe!

The need to run anti virus, Malware and system protection software is a must even for the novice user occasionally browsing the web and checking the local football scores.

Below is a list of the latest threats to your Mac system!

Xover
Monitorer X
BlazingTools Perfect Keylogger
Aobo Keylogger
eWatch
Refog Keylogger
Monitorer
DutyWatch Remote
Spector Pro 2010
KeystrokesWatch
PokerStealer
KeystrokeRecorder X
Kidlogger
DevilRobber Trojan Horse
Termite(OSX)
BlackHole RAT
Agent Bob
KeyCaptor
Peeping Tom
SpyMe
TypeSaver
AppleScript.THT
trojan.osx.boonana
Spector Pro 2009
OSXvnc
Spector
MAC Defender
Aobo Keylogger Pro
MacLifeInsurance
Tored
Keybag Pro
KeyBag
Lose Lose
Olyx
FlashBack Trojan Horse
Keyboard Spy
Imuler
Tsunami Trojan Horse
BackTrack
HellRaiser
Amac Keylogger
MonitorerX Pro
TextTrap
iMunizator
TextMeleon
Super Save
TypeAgent
Screenshots Remote
DutyWatch
Spy
Refog Personal Monitor
KeyStroke
Qhosts Trojan Horse
DNSChanger
TypeRecorder X
Last Resort
Keyboard and Mouse Recorder
UnderHand
Mac Remote Control
CarbonKeys
Keystroke Recorder
Termite(OS9)
TypeRecorder
EZmal
Instant Access Dialer
TakeDown Suite
Invisible Oasis

And here are my top recommendations for Mac anti virus software:

Intego VirusBarrier
Norton AntiVirus for Mac    
BitDefender Antivirus for Mac    
Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac    
ESET Cybersecurity for Mac    
F-Secure Anti-Virus for Mac    
Trend Micro Smart Surfing for Mac    
McAfee VirusScan for Mac    
ProtectMac AntiVirus    
PC Tools iAntiVirus