What is the best virus control that apple approves?
What is the best virus control for Mac OS
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Apple does not "approve" software, and they are not here. We are your fellow end-users and the senior contributors here--many with 30+ years of Mac experience--recommend no extra anti-virus software.
You paid Apple to build a robust operating system that defends itself extremely well. When you add third-party "fearware," those interfere with the protection Apple built into the system and you get performance and stability issues. A huge percentage of the posts here about problems are due to third-party anti-virus and cleaning apps.
The same thing happens when you install so-called "cleaning" apps. They are scams because, for 20 years, the maOS has been outfitted with built-in maintenance routines that take care of cleaning, defragging, and optimization.
The only threat is adware and that usually sneaks in due to sloppy web browsing. If you are not a careful browser, then MalwareBytes will help deflect adware attacks. It was developed for Mac by a trusted contributor here, and exacts no performance penalties. Get it only from the developer's site here:
https://www.malwarebytes.com/mac/