Anti-Malware Software for macOS - Download & Review

I saw that there are many discussions on the topic: “macOS no need for anti-virus or sotware firewall".
For the most part it is very true. Operating system architecture macOS is much less permissive than Windows, regarding the installation of executable applications without the user's will. About application installation restrictions on macOS, and especially on the Sierra, we have discussed in the past. In the security settings there are quite accurate options, which give the user control over the sources from which to download and install a program.

As can be seen in the screen above, by default applications can only be installed from App Store or from developers (developers check).

However, we know that is not 100% secure system anytime it can happen that the system to be able to infiltrate an application malware. Malware, I said. Here is another discussion. Many users confuse malware with antivirus. The difference between the two terms is the difference between a bag and an orange. The bag being "malware", And orange being the virus. Therefore, the term malware refers both to Virus and to worms, trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scarewareand malicious software.

For the user of macOS, the probability of choosing a virus is very low, but with a adware or malicious software It is not excluded.

In this respect, it is better to use a regular (if not permanently), an anti-malware program capable of quickly and efficiently scan important files in the system.

Malwarebytes Ani-Malware is a simple and free solution through which you can quickly check your system for worms, trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware, scareware and malicious software.

1. Download Malwarebytes Years-Malware for macOS. The current archive is: MBAM-Mac-1.2.5.dmg

2. Install the application. Drag & Drop into the folder Applications.

3. Run Malwarebytes Ani-Malware.

4. Expect to finish the scan and show you the final result. The scan.

After this scan can uninstall the application.

Our advice is to have your firewall permanently activated and periodically do a year-malware scan of it macOS.
There are many less "orthodox" sites that offer devirus solutions for macOS. Some even simulate a live system scan and will notify you through various alerts that you have N * viruses on Mac. Ignore these sites and look for safe solutions.

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