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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1759766" data-attributes="member: 46727">I have no idea who this local computer "guru" is that writes for your local papers, but he may be confusing malware with viruses.  Viruses are self replicating, malware is not. And since there are currently no viruses in the wild that can infect your Mac, AV software really is not needed.  However, we leave that decision up to you.  Most AV software uses resources and will result in slowdowns.  There are some packages that are less interfering.We recommend using a malware scanner.  Malwarebytes is one program that we recommend.  By the way, I'm sure you will get other replies to your post.  You might want to do some searching of our forums.  One of our members (Randy Singer) has written several very informative posts on this subject.</blockquote>