Do I need anti virus on my new macbook air

I'm a newbie when it comes to Macbooks, although I had an iPhone and an iPad for years. I bought my Macbook Air last week, and before that I've never used Windows. I'm in love and of course always get the hang of it all, but does have the anti-virus software on my nice new shiny Macbook?

I'm sorry if this is a really lame question, but information that I found are quite old and obsolete!

Thanks in advance

Hi loulour1982

Mac do not need anti-virus software.

OS X has all the protection you need built-in.

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