1) There are no OS X viruses, so no you don't need anti virus
Incorrect. See other threads about anti-virus softwares posted on these lists. See the long discussion about 'em on TidBITS-Talk.
2) Some will tell you that you must have it because
a) you must protect your Windows-using friends from accidentally sending them a virus which would be nearly impossible to do, but some will say that you could unknowingly forward a virus to them. Yes, and you could accidentally shoot them with an Uzi, but I doubt that would happen either.
Do any of the Mac-based anti-virus products check for PC viruses? IMO, it would be a good thing to be able to ensure I don't pass along a nasty. My PC using friends are pretty nieve about this stuff.
b) "Someday there will be an OS X virus" which is speculation, not fact. Unix has been around for a long time and so far no one has created a virus for it. Trojan horse, maybe, but no virus, at least none outside some "I'm here to show that it could happen" scenario
Head in sand. There ARE viruses, worms, and trojans, for *nix already floating around. It's just a matter of tweaking to make 'em work on OS X.
OTOH, Mac OS X is NOT the original subject of this thread.
- Dan.
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