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<blockquote data-quote="SpiderWeb" data-source="post: 970535" data-attributes="member: 88686"><p>Thank you so much for the update! I am really disappointed that ESET is still stuck on Rosetta because it is by far my favorite. I tried Panda Dome (laughtrack.wav) and Bitdefender and I noticed a new issue arising. The way all AVs are now bundled with VPNs seems to break Apple's built-in Private Relay VPN. It will disable itself once the AVs install their own software. I 100% agree with your observations. The current AV landscape on macOS makes me realize that I really do not need a solution. The AVs I have tried just drain battery scanning everything when there little risk. No program I own has full disk access for example which eliminates that attack point for virtually all malware. The only program that did have full disk access was my AV which makes it my single point of failure. What I'm saying is that I am just not sold on the idea that an AV is essential on an M1 Mac after Monterey. AVs on Mac are just glorified adware. Vendors seem to be more preoccupied with upselling you a VPN plan than anything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SpiderWeb, post: 970535, member: 88686"] Thank you so much for the update! I am really disappointed that ESET is still stuck on Rosetta because it is by far my favorite. I tried Panda Dome (laughtrack.wav) and Bitdefender and I noticed a new issue arising. The way all AVs are now bundled with VPNs seems to break Apple's built-in Private Relay VPN. It will disable itself once the AVs install their own software. I 100% agree with your observations. The current AV landscape on macOS makes me realize that I really do not need a solution. The AVs I have tried just drain battery scanning everything when there little risk. No program I own has full disk access for example which eliminates that attack point for virtually all malware. The only program that did have full disk access was my AV which makes it my single point of failure. What I'm saying is that I am just not sold on the idea that an AV is essential on an M1 Mac after Monterey. AVs on Mac are just glorified adware. Vendors seem to be more preoccupied with upselling you a VPN plan than anything. [/QUOTE]
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