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Malware protection for MAC, is it necessary?
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1832628" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>A warm welcome to Mac-Forums, PNWmac. Thank you for your post.</p><p></p><p>It would be fair to say, without offence, that we have seen this question more than a few times!</p><p></p><p>1. Ignore Sophos - please!</p><p></p><p>2. True, Intego is developed exclusively for Macs. I have used it in the past - in fact for a few years. It never found anything because so-called viruses don't exist in the wild for Macs. I will say, however, that Intego never slowed my Mac. I abandoned it some time ago.</p><p></p><p>3. Malwarebytes is a good app for detecting Malware (as its name suggests) and that does affect the Mac; but don't go for premium or any other versions other than the free one. You will be given a 30 day free trial of the premium one, but let that lapse and after 30 days it is free.</p><p></p><p>4. Another complimentary malware detector is DetectX Swift - free, I am almost certain although you can donate.</p><p></p><p>5. The best advice is SAFE COMPUTING. This goes for your "kids" as well as you (maybe even more so for the kids, depending on age, but you can initiate Parental Controls via System Preferences to sort that out). Basically, avoid dodgy sites. Don't respond to or emails from someone you've never heard of and don't open attachments except from a known and trusted person.</p><p></p><p>HTH</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1832628, member: 83420"] A warm welcome to Mac-Forums, PNWmac. Thank you for your post. It would be fair to say, without offence, that we have seen this question more than a few times! 1. Ignore Sophos - please! 2. True, Intego is developed exclusively for Macs. I have used it in the past - in fact for a few years. It never found anything because so-called viruses don't exist in the wild for Macs. I will say, however, that Intego never slowed my Mac. I abandoned it some time ago. 3. Malwarebytes is a good app for detecting Malware (as its name suggests) and that does affect the Mac; but don't go for premium or any other versions other than the free one. You will be given a 30 day free trial of the premium one, but let that lapse and after 30 days it is free. 4. Another complimentary malware detector is DetectX Swift - free, I am almost certain although you can donate. 5. The best advice is SAFE COMPUTING. This goes for your "kids" as well as you (maybe even more so for the kids, depending on age, but you can initiate Parental Controls via System Preferences to sort that out). Basically, avoid dodgy sites. Don't respond to or emails from someone you've never heard of and don't open attachments except from a known and trusted person. HTH Ian [/QUOTE]
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