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<blockquote data-quote="MacDefender" data-source="post: 1091144" data-attributes="member: 83059">Macs really don&#039;t need antimalware, mostly because their default configuration is very similar if not superior to what Windows folks set up using ConfigureDefender -- the OS is read-only, secure booted, and applications signed or notarized by Apple are the only ones allowed to run. Unless you&#039;ve lowered any of these built-in defenses, it is extremely unlikely for you to get malware, especially malware that doesn&#039;t get auto-removed when the OS&#039;s protected malware removal tool runs itself periodically. Apple seems to feel rather invincible from being sued when it comes to blocking PUAs that they deem harmful.MalwareBytes is probably the best scanner in terms of having a good database of in-the-wild Mac PUAs.Where are your &quot;notifications&quot; coming from? Most of these infection notices are pop-up ads and scam emails that are trying to fool you into paying for something you don&#039;t need, they aren&#039;t a sign that your machine is infected.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacDefender, post: 1091144, member: 83059"] Macs really don't need antimalware, mostly because their default configuration is very similar if not superior to what Windows folks set up using ConfigureDefender -- the OS is read-only, secure booted, and applications signed or notarized by Apple are the only ones allowed to run. Unless you've lowered any of these built-in defenses, it is extremely unlikely for you to get malware, especially malware that doesn't get auto-removed when the OS's protected malware removal tool runs itself periodically. Apple seems to feel rather invincible from being sued when it comes to blocking PUAs that they deem harmful. MalwareBytes is probably the best scanner in terms of having a good database of in-the-wild Mac PUAs. Where are your "notifications" coming from? Most of these infection notices are pop-up ads and scam emails that are trying to fool you into paying for something you don't need, they aren't a sign that your machine is infected. [/QUOTE]

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