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[MacOS] Anti-virus recommendations?
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this post was submitted on 27 Feb 2024
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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.
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.
That’s the rough timescale, yup.