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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1931583" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>If you are paranoid about malware (and you don't need to be, this is the Mac, it's not Windows), Intego offers a free version of their excellent product, VirusBarrier:</p><p></p><p>VirusBarrier Free Edition (free)</p><p><a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/virusbarrier-scanner/id1200445649" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/virusbarrier-scanner/id1200445649</a> </p><p>This is a full version of Intego's excellent commercial anti-virus program VirusBarrier [usually $40/year] minus some [but not all] of the automated scanning features in the commercial version. This isn't just a nice free product, in the past VirusBarrier has won all the believable third party anti-virus comparison tests.</p><p></p><p>Adware isn't as common as it used to be for the Mac, but once in a blue moon someone gets infected with it. This free product is excellent at dealing with it:</p><p></p><p>DetectX (free/$10 requested)</p><p><a href="https://sqwarq.com/detectx/" target="_blank">https://sqwarq.com/detectx/</a> </p><p></p><p>The above is all that you should ever need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1931583, member: 190607"] If you are paranoid about malware (and you don't need to be, this is the Mac, it's not Windows), Intego offers a free version of their excellent product, VirusBarrier: VirusBarrier Free Edition (free) [URL code="true"]https://apps.apple.com/us/app/virusbarrier-scanner/id1200445649[/URL] This is a full version of Intego's excellent commercial anti-virus program VirusBarrier [usually $40/year] minus some [but not all] of the automated scanning features in the commercial version. This isn't just a nice free product, in the past VirusBarrier has won all the believable third party anti-virus comparison tests. Adware isn't as common as it used to be for the Mac, but once in a blue moon someone gets infected with it. This free product is excellent at dealing with it: DetectX (free/$10 requested) [URL code="true"]https://sqwarq.com/detectx/[/URL] The above is all that you should ever need. [/QUOTE]
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