![]() ![]() Does anything protect against those well?ĭo you need it?: I sure can’t say. You aren’t supposed to run Java or Flash, because they are Swiss Cheese, but some people do. Some of the things that muck up your computer are not viruses, per se & that may enter into the argument. What it protects against: I don’t know if there are infections that are likely. To feel you got your money’s worth, you load them, even if you don’t use them). (I recently scrubbed some of those off mine: Everybody makes utilities that are part of a sales pitch & bundle deal. There is a lot of other crap that gets loaded onto machines which are probably a bigger pain. This is based upon a newer mac loaded with all the RAM the configuration can take. It can run over the top of your Apple Firewall. Runs Fine: Intego Virusbarrier & Its Netbarrier Firewall runs fine. ![]() ![]() Its as though feedback graphics can never be simple enough, not thorough enough to be of much use. The fact that things are spinning & show cryptic feedback no one can make sense of, can be a vague comfort. But that’s not there way the world works. If you never put financial info on your computer, do your taxes electronically (good luck with that) or put personal information on a computer - it won’t matter so much if you are hacked, anyway. I don’t know if that’s more of the slap fight over whether Macs are impervious, or not.Ĭonsider: if you never run on the internet or load any software, from any source - its probably even more impervious! There is hype to say that you must be “proactive” & run virus checkers, etc. Just an under-informed opinion & anecdotal comment: (Fair disclosure: The Safe Mac is my site, and contains a Donate button, so I may receive compensation for providing links to The Safe Mac. It's important to keep in mind that all anti-virus software has drawbacks of some kind, and no anti-virus software can come anywhere close to guaranteeing protection. If you choose to use anti-virus software, it will help you understand the roles and limitations of that software, and has some recommendations. It will help you to understand how to protect yourself. My advice would be to read my Mac Malware Guide. If you use Avast and allow it to quarantine or delete such files, you could end up in a bit of trouble. It frequently identifies legitimate files - sometimes even components of the system - as malicious. It has good detections as well, and doesn't seem to have a serious problem with performance or stability, but it does have a very serious problem with false positives. Note that I would also recommend against Avast, which kevin_ has recommended. For those reasons, I tend not to recommend using it. Intego's software is often implicated on these forums in crashes, performance problems and blocked functionality (like the inability to download from the App Store). However, it's important to understand that those results only measure one thing. See the results of my testing in January: Intego's software features the best detection of Mac malware on the market. Okay, that makes a little more sense now. ![]()
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