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[MacOS] Anti-virus recommendations? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by Veedem@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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Looking for some insight into what everyone is using for antivirus. I have AVG a whirl but I experienced some weird stuttering on my M2 MacBook Air, so obviously I want something that is minimally impactful on performance while still being accurate.

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[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I got a few bits of malware when my kids were about 10 and went few a phase of clicking on ‘free game’ links. MalwareBytes always managed to clear up the stuff - classified as annoyances.

The free version is fine.

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Frankly, I find that shocking, but not unbelievable if it happened in the mid-aughts when there was a brief spate of web bugs (mostly harmless) and which Apple patched within days with their own malware removal tools at the time.

But, yeah, Malwarebytes is the gold standard, and the free version is all you need.

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

That’s the rough timescale, yup.