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I found two Flash Plugins on my desktop that I don't recall downloading.
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1835558" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>There *has* been malware for the Macintosh. No actual "viruses" (defined as self-perpetuating malware) in the wild, but there have been a number of Trojan Horses. See:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.thesafemac.com/tech-guides/mac-malware-guide/" target="_blank">The Safe Mac : Mac Malware Guide</a></p><p></p><p>(The above catalog stopped being updated about 5 years ago. Since then there have been about three or four new pieces of malware introduced into the wild every year. You just about never hear about them because Apple patches the Mac OS [by sending out Security Updates] well before any of them become a common threat.)</p><p></p><p>The thing is that the Mac has been patched against just about all of the malware in the above catalog (the Mac has several levels of anti-malware software built-in), and much of the malware that has existed is now extinct in the wild. So there are a good number of "definitions" for AV software to look for, just very few common active threats.</p><p></p><p>Of course, new, very effectively malicious malware could pop up in the wild at any moment. Apple typically takes a few weeks to patch the Mac OS when that happens. Intego (makers of Virus Barrier), on the other hand, are extremely diligent about getting new definitions out *immediately*. Usually they push out a new definition for new malware the day after new malware is discovered in the wild! So if you need or want the ultimate in protection, having Virus Barrier installed isn't at all silly. However, in practice it may not be at all necessary either.</p><p></p><p>I'm an attorney and I am obligated to do everything in my power to safeguard my clients' data. So I've been running Virus Barrier for the past 18 years. That said, in all that time it has never "saved me" from anything that I truly needed saving from. If I had just relied on Apple to patch the Mac OS as needed, and supplemented that with some common sense (e.g. don't open e-mail attachments from dubious sources), I would have been fine without Virus Barrier. So, if I weren't obligated to make "best efforts" to safeguard my clients' data, I wouldn't bother with Virus Barrier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1835558, member: 190607"] There *has* been malware for the Macintosh. No actual "viruses" (defined as self-perpetuating malware) in the wild, but there have been a number of Trojan Horses. See: [URL='https://www.thesafemac.com/tech-guides/mac-malware-guide/']The Safe Mac : Mac Malware Guide[/URL] (The above catalog stopped being updated about 5 years ago. Since then there have been about three or four new pieces of malware introduced into the wild every year. You just about never hear about them because Apple patches the Mac OS [by sending out Security Updates] well before any of them become a common threat.) The thing is that the Mac has been patched against just about all of the malware in the above catalog (the Mac has several levels of anti-malware software built-in), and much of the malware that has existed is now extinct in the wild. So there are a good number of "definitions" for AV software to look for, just very few common active threats. Of course, new, very effectively malicious malware could pop up in the wild at any moment. Apple typically takes a few weeks to patch the Mac OS when that happens. Intego (makers of Virus Barrier), on the other hand, are extremely diligent about getting new definitions out *immediately*. Usually they push out a new definition for new malware the day after new malware is discovered in the wild! So if you need or want the ultimate in protection, having Virus Barrier installed isn't at all silly. However, in practice it may not be at all necessary either. I'm an attorney and I am obligated to do everything in my power to safeguard my clients' data. So I've been running Virus Barrier for the past 18 years. That said, in all that time it has never "saved me" from anything that I truly needed saving from. If I had just relied on Apple to patch the Mac OS as needed, and supplemented that with some common sense (e.g. don't open e-mail attachments from dubious sources), I would have been fine without Virus Barrier. So, if I weren't obligated to make "best efforts" to safeguard my clients' data, I wouldn't bother with Virus Barrier. [/QUOTE]
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