There are several security software solutions you could use to keep your Mac safe and secure – just take a look down at the bottom, where we’ve named a few. But if you would rather not part with your hard earned money to protect your Mac, then Sophos has a surprise for you.

Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition is now available free of charge, announced the company that specializes in providing antivirus, anti-spam, spyware removal software, network and internet security, data protection, and computer security solutions. Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition is a full-featured antivirus application that’s easy to install, easy to use, doesn’t hog system resources, and offers high-grade protection – and it does all this free of charge.

“While most businesses recognize the importance of protecting their Mac computers from malware threats, most home users do not,” said Product Management Vice President with Sophos, Chris Kraft. “By offering free industrial-strength security to home users, we aim to protect Mac users against today's and tomorrow's Mac threats. Everyone knows that Macs are beautiful computers - Sophos wants to lend a hand to keep them that way."

“The cybercriminals aren't kids messing around in back bedrooms any longer, they’re organized and professional. And - unfortunately - many Mac users may have been too blasé about securing their computers, making the growing Apple userbase an attractive one to target,” commented Senior Technology Consultant with Sophos, Graham Cluley.

If you would like to learn more about Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition and perhaps download the antivirus application, just click here.

Now, as mentioned at the start of this article, here are some other security software solutions you could use to protect your Mac:

• Panda Antivirus for Mac, the recently released application that can protect your Mac from viruses, Mac malware, Windows malware, and other security threats. This application can also scan for and detect threats on your iPhone, iPad and iPod.
• BitDefender Antivirus for Mac, an application that provides adequate protection against threats that target the Mac OS X and against threats targeting other platforms that may pass through the Mac environment.
• Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac, an application that protects against viruses, worms, Trojans, Windows and Linux threats, and other nasties that could ruin your day. As Kaspersky put it, the Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Mac is meant to strengthen the level of security provided by Apple while at the same time offering a platform on which extra security models can be added.
• Intego’s VirusBarrier X6 which protects against macro viruses and has properly good Windows malware detection capabilities.