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1. #MACOS MALWARE YEARS RUNONLY AVOID DETECTION INSTALL#
2. #MACOS MALWARE YEARS RUNONLY AVOID DETECTION UPDATE#
3. #MACOS MALWARE YEARS RUNONLY AVOID DETECTION PATCH#
4. #MACOS MALWARE YEARS RUNONLY AVOID DETECTION MAC#

Now, also updating at the same time, is going to be Apple, you know they're going to be all over it updating the OS through software update to protect you from this new virus. So they're gonna protect you hours or days later, when the anti-virus software is updated to protect you against that new threat. So what about that day when a virus does come out for the Mac? Wouldn't it be great to already have one of these anti-virus programs running on your Mac? Well, the thing is, it's not going to protect you, not going to protect you when that virus comes out.

#MACOS MALWARE YEARS RUNONLY AVOID DETECTION MAC#

Now, you're Windows machines need to have anti-virus anyway, there's no point also running it on your Mac when it's not actually giving you any benefit for the Mac itself. So what are those those programs doing? Well, believe it or not, they're protecting your Mac against Windows viruses, these are viruses you cannot get on your Mac, they affect the Windows OS and Windows applications, but they look on your Mac to see if there are viruses in an email attachment or something else that you have, and to prevent them from spreading to Windows machines on your network. So, they're telling you the truth, but they're misleading trying to get you to think that there are some active viruses out there. They'll say things like "they will protect you against all active viruses currently out for the Mac". What really makes me angry is that some of the pieces of anti-virus software actually kind of lie to you. I'm not talking about why there are no viruses, I'm talking about the numbers, 0, there are no viruses for the Mac now. Now, I'm not talking about the fact that Mac has a smaller market share, and that's why they're less of a target for viruses. But right now, there's nothing for you to be protected against, and the anti-virus software out there have no definitions for active viruses for the mac.

There used to be some back in the OS 9 days, and I'm sure at some point in an infinite future, there will be viruses for the mac. But I'm talking about real viruses, thing you can actually get by visiting webpages, downloading software that spread from Mac to mac.

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Well, there are researchers that go and find exploits and they do publish them and Apple does patch them up. Ok, so what about every once in a while you read a report about some sort of security exploit, or patch that Apple has issued. I'm talking numbers here, and the number is 0. If you look at the anti-virus software and you read carefully and research, you'll find that they don't protect you against any viruses, because there aren't any to protect you against. I don't mean that there never will be viruses for the mac, I don't mean that there weren't viruses for the Mac in the past, I just mean right now, there are no active viruses for the mac. The first thing is, there are no viruses for the mac.

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But I'm going to answer, just as I would a personal friend, and I'm gonna say: "no, you don't need to install anti-virus on your mac". Now I can answer this as a journalist, and say "well, it's best to be safe, I don't want to say anything that may change over time", that kind of thing. Now, all the time, I get asked "do you need to install anti-virus software on your mac?". Video Transcript: In today's episode we're going to address a controversial topic: do you need anti-virus software for your mac?

Check out MacMost Now 357: Do Macs Need Anti-Virus Software? at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.