Antivirus for Mac

Is it necessary to have an antivirus for my mac ? What are your suggestions ?

MacBook Air (2018 or later)

Posted on Dec 23, 2018 6:46 AM

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Posted on Dec 23, 2018 6:51 AM

You do not need anti-virus on a Mac.

Keep you macOS up to date and it will be fine.

If you download apps, do it only directly from the developer website or from the Mac App Store.

FWIW, since 2009 I do not have any anti-virus on my Mac.

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