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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1852676" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Yesterday, I was reading the June issue of PC Magazine on my iPad and Neil Rubenking stated in a substantial AV article that macOS was vulnerable and needed AV protection (but NOT iOS/iPadOS) - my take-away was that macOS was susceptible to non-viral malware only (e.g. spyware, ransomware, adware, etc.). I have no AV software running actively on my 3 Macs, but have the apps <em>DetectX Swift & VirusBarrier Scanner</em> which I run occasionally. </p><p></p><p>I could not find Rubenking's June article for a link, but his/PC Mag's discussion on Mac AV sofware from April 2020 is <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-mac-antivirus-protection" target="_blank">HERE</a> - the first two pics below are from that link; the last is from the Malwarebytes link given in the text comments. Now, I've respected Rubenking for decades (going way back to my PC days) but still am not convinced on running AV software actively since viruses, worms, Trojans are not the main macOS malware issues. Just put out there for comments. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31715[/ATTACH]</p><p>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31716[/ATTACH]</p><p>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]31717[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1852676, member: 234411"] Yesterday, I was reading the June issue of PC Magazine on my iPad and Neil Rubenking stated in a substantial AV article that macOS was vulnerable and needed AV protection (but NOT iOS/iPadOS) - my take-away was that macOS was susceptible to non-viral malware only (e.g. spyware, ransomware, adware, etc.). I have no AV software running actively on my 3 Macs, but have the apps [I]DetectX Swift & VirusBarrier Scanner[/I] which I run occasionally. I could not find Rubenking's June article for a link, but his/PC Mag's discussion on Mac AV sofware from April 2020 is [URL="https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-mac-antivirus-protection"]HERE[/URL] - the first two pics below are from that link; the last is from the Malwarebytes link given in the text comments. Now, I've respected Rubenking for decades (going way back to my PC days) but still am not convinced on running AV software actively since viruses, worms, Trojans are not the main macOS malware issues. Just put out there for comments. Dave :) . [ATTACH=FULL]31715[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH=FULL]31716[/ATTACH] . [ATTACH=FULL]31717[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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