But he didn’t hold much back with regards to the malware situation on the Mac. But before you breathe a sign of relief, Malwarebytes states that the worst kind of malware, namely “backdoors, data stealers, and cryptocurrency stealers/miners, increased by more than 61 percent” in 2020.īut it’s not only Malwarebytes that is reporting that viruses on the Mac is something to be concerned about: Apple is too! In May 2021 Apple’s software chief Craig Federighi took the stand at the Apple vs Epic trial and said that: “Today, we have a level of malware on the Mac that we don’t find acceptable.”įederighi made the claim mainly to back up the need for an iOS App Store to protect iPhone and iPad users from malware on those devices. The good news is that in 2020 the amount of malware detected on macOS actually decreased by 38 percent, according to the same security company. In its report on the State of Malware in 2019 here, Malwarebytes said it saw a: “Significant rise in the overall prevalence of Mac threats, with an increase of over 400 percent from 2018”. The Mac has historically been considered to be safe and secure for a number of reasons that we will go into below, but in recent years that has shifted considerably.
In this article, we look at the dangers faced by Mac users and the pros and cons of using Mac antivirus software. Do Macs get viruses? Do Macs need antivirus software? The answer isn’t as simple as it may seem.
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