Apple M1 Chip - native Malware/Anti-Virus App

Kapersky software is banned from U.S. government computers. For good reason. The cure is worse than the "disease" (which can't infect Macs anyway).

I believe he said he was looking for a native solution not a naive one. All computers need protection. Bitdefender has been consistently the best for years on both Win and Mac platforms. I’m still waiting on a native version myself.

Good afternoon, friend. You should just get a good antivirus. I think there is a great option on the internet. I recently read a good article. I recommend you also read more about one of the best linux antivirus 2020. For me it turned out to be extremely useful. I'm sure you'll need it, too.

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NO, it is not. If you look, little snitch, with kernel extension, which runs on Mac was hacked and has been installed by thousands....... A tool designed to watch for network connection turn inside out and now a virus.

Nope.

I have only had a virus on my PowerBook one time. It was because I had been using Parallels to do the PC side of things and didn't have antivirus on that partition of the hard drive. So didn't get a Mac version virus but a PC version on my Mac.

Thank you for the compliment. I prefer not having my information sold or shared - I am not for sale. And, I have no need for silly games or reading what strangers online had for lunch. Believe it or not, there are other far more demanding, amusing, and interesting pursuits than social media.

One of them would be volunteering here trying to help others use their Apple devices. However, it does not include finding insults acceptable. This is my last post to you.

Incorrect. Also, Viruses are not the only reason to get end point protection for a device. That's a very narrow minded approach to security. https://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac-viruses-list-3668354/

Don’t waste your time cardsfan, this particular thread is full of a few honest users looking for advice, some bad actors and a few foolish people who think that “clean living” will protect them from evil LOL. I’m pretty sure you’ll figure out who’s who real quick. Cheers

Define sketchy websites. Legit website have had their code hacked. You are assuming only bad/sketchy sites have issues. This is very naive understanding of how security works. In general everything you said is correct. Even if you do all those things there are chances to still mess up. You can still get a really good phish email that you fall for. It's about risk mitigation. If you are comfortable with that risk fine, don't expect others to adopt your comfort of risk.

Since this came out last week https://apple.news/Aom8VroQXR3GeBtOAArO3bQ, I am wondering whether you did find an antimalware/anti-virus protection? I’m really not very techy and since I have an M1 iPad and a miniMac, I’m just a tad worried. :)

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I know you said you wouldn’t be back but the replies after this shows you can’t stay away.

You want to tell me again how it’s not important to have EDR on MacOS? Nearly 30K devices infected and nobody really knew until researchers found it. Luckily no payload was delivered but they don’t know how it spread so quickly without anybody really noticing. What happens when the next one spreads just as quickly and actually delivers a payload? Is that when people will finally say OK maybe we need some form of EDR?

Assuming most agree (and really want to agree) with the notion that AV software is not needed on Mac OS but, some out there now have shinny new M1's that they are still are bit nervous about and want to be protected with another layer by putting a paid AV program on.........kinda like wearing a Double mask in 2021. What program would the experts suggest? Bitdefender, Sophos, Malwarebytes.......or...? Inquiring minds wanna know. Thanks!

We don't need to worry. Most of these viruses go away like a miracle when it gets warm outside.

Or, I just read somewhere where we can inject, you know....like give our machines a shot of something like a disinfectant or bleach....internally in the system and that will kill the viruses very effectively.

Right?

Do you even know the difference between a virus and malware? Please explain it to us and then give us an example of an actual virus that is attacking Macs. Your answer will show us if you are just parroting nonsense.

cardsfan0925 wrote:

I wonder if you do. Silver Sparrow is a virus that spread to roughly 30,000 Macs. Literally reported in February of this year.

A virus does not require user interaction. A virus self-replicates and spreads to other machines on a network all by itself, just like real world viruses. Malware, on the other hand, requires the user to be tricked into installing it, or for the user to be inattentive of what they allow on their machines. There have been no viruses for macOS in years and the same goes for Windows. Today’s hacker relies on user ignorance and trickery to get their malware on machines.

So, clearly you have no idea what you are talking about. I would recommend that users reading this thread pay attention to higher level volunteers who have valid track records for giving advice. That's how points are awarded, by actually helping people with their issues, not by offering incorrect misinformation.