#Iantivirus for mac high sierra software#
#Iantivirus for mac high sierra windows#

It is one grounded in technologically sound principles. You need to educate yourself regarding the nature of threats to macOS and computers in general. Doesn't matter what OS you're talking about. Any computer can be compromised in some way.

It does no one any good to pretend Macs are infallible. I would have no problem reporting a Mac virus, or trying to help users who had one, if such a thing existed. They're nothing, other than wasted space on your drive. It doesn't matter how many of those are on your Mac.

#Iantivirus for mac high sierra windows#

If an actual virus was detected, it would be for Windows only. They may, or may not affect the Mac's functionality, depends on what apps are installed and running. Not something that self-propagates like a virus or worm.Īny detected viruses are viruses. In every single instance, what they called a virus was a Trojan. I've gone to many links posted by folks here and in other articles. These are folks, many of them supposedly security 'experts', who should know better. There are lots of web sites that claim to have found, and list Mac viruses. Again, you cannot name or find a Mac virus. All of the latter are protected against by the OS if you've kept your Mac up-to-date. There are lots of Trojans, adware (which is actually installed in the same manner as any destructive Trojan), and two or three types of ransomware. So is a Trojan or worm.īut in my experience, I saw more and more viruses, trojans, malware, adware and ransomware, and other things happened beyond those given by the macOS. That term covers anything you wouldn't want on your computer, of which a virus is a type of malware. You can't detect something that doesn't exist. Not unless you look up something that affected OS 9 or earlier. There are, literally, no Mac viruses in existence. Detecting what you've manually installed after the fact is pointless and too late to do anything about.

#Iantivirus for mac high sierra software#

AV software cannot stop the user from installing a Trojan. But is it still and always a fact?Īt this time, yes. 'Do not use non-Apple 'anti-virus' junk on Macs' - thank you for your opinion. Apple may not be interested in handling them, but a third-party anti-virus program may fit into this market. Some viruses may not be harmful to macOS but what if virtual machines are running on the Macs? Those viruses may enter the disks via macOS but harmful to the virtual machines. An independent anti-virus program may be more assertive in providing such defences with a shorter risk window.ģ. for 'root', Meltdown and Spectre flaws and other vulnerable but unexposed threads. Also, Apple may have other considerations that may affect the timeline and priority in releasing fixes, e.g. But is it still and always a fact? But in my experience, I saw more and more viruses, trojans, malware, adware and ransomware, and other things happened beyond those given by the macOS.

Thanks for your confirmation (from a Level 9 experience user) that no new method has been invented yet.Ģ. Just asking in the forum if there is alternative / new methods to contain damages to existing TM backups.