Best Antivirus Program For Apple Mac

Dialabrain wrote: valmet wrote: Looking for the Best anti virus software for my mac FWIW, although there are no Mac viruses in the wild, if you want t be a good internet citizen, Mac anti-virus programs do detect Windows viruses and can prevent the spread of them to Windows users. They will slow the performance somewhat of a Mac but, Avira is the least intrusive of what's available.

Unless you're planning on sharing files you downloaded from shady websites with Windows users, why would you even bother? I send files back and forth to my sister at work, who is on a Windows machine, and I've never felt the need to put an anti-virus program on my computer, primarily because I don't send her crap I downloaded from torrents or aggregated download sites or random blogs. What if she was? A Windows virus isn't going to do jack or squat on my computer. If I was using a PC as well, then it would be a problem, but since I'm not. Anti-virus software can't protect me from anything because there's nothing to protect me from. Windows viruses can't do any damage to OS X, and the actual problems that can affect Mac users, malware/adware, are downloaded and installed by the user, and there's no program on Earth that can prevent you from downloading something you shouldn't from some place you shouldn't.

Don't bother with any of them for Mac, the Mac AV selection is light years behind the necessity and compatibility with their Windows counterparts. Just keep yourself informed of what's out there from credible website (try thesafemac.com but stay weary of mainstream news) Mac AV packages have been cited here as causing a myriad of functionality issues in Mac OS and their removal in almost all cases clears up the problems they cause. To date there are no Mac virus (by definition of virus) released where you can download, there is scam ware.

Mac antivirus software isn't often checked by the independent testing labs, but Avast's most recent results were good, with AV Comparative's 2017 test finding the package detected 99.9% of sample threats. Oct 12, 2018 - In this article on the best antivirus for Mac, Cloudwards.net looks at. AV-Test and AV-Comparatives, it's likely that Bitdefender's Apple variant.

Malware but it's remote and you may own a mac for years without ever seeing a drop of it. If you stay away from some shareware sites (soft sonic, download.com,etc. Sites that bundle drivers for you instead of from the developers), wares sites, torrent sites, otherwise shady/dodgy sites and you should be malware free. The greatest danger on Macs to date are pop up scams that are tantamount to ads telling you to call a number and give your credit card so they can remote in and perform a pre-scripted smoke and mirrors show on your machine to make you panic because you didn't know any better - hands down the #1 mac threat out there and the only prevention is common sense. Apple Footer • This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only.

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