More often then not, I ended up turning to a little app called AdwareMedic, but that was later bought up by MalwareBytes, arguably one of the best known anti-malware apps on Windows. The problem you then run into is you’re not sure if it’s one bad app or several ones that have been let in by the first, not to mention how deep their hooks can sink into your system. But every once in a while you find someone that has downloaded something they didn’t actually need, like a fake “Flash update” or some sort of “clean my Mac” pop up that scares them into downloading these things. Even with all that said, there are some bad actors that are wanting to put their malicious software on your machine.Įven in my line of work, I don’t run into Mac malware often. Some of this has been due to Mac’s relatively low market share in the desktop market, others say it’s because of Mac’s stronger security compared to Windows (in reality it’s a bit of both). Even going back to the classic “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” ads. It’s been a running theme, or joke depending on who you ask, that Macs just don’t get viruses.
