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Virus protection for my IMAC?

what is the best virus protection I should use on my IMAC


iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jun 22, 2021 6:08 PM

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Posted on Jun 22, 2021 6:12 PM

Hi ImageOpus,


Welcome to Apple Support Communities.


The best is none!


macOS has built-in security. See:



-Jack

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Jun 22, 2021 8:49 PM in response to ImageOpus

The best antivirus, cleaning app, and overall maintenance app for Mac OS is Mac OS itself. All you need to do with Mac OS to keep it secure and running well is to keep it up-to-date and do periodic (about 1x per week) restarts. Other than that, leave it alone. Adding third party antivirus, cleaning, security and other types of maintenance apps to Mac OS adds no additional level of security. The only thing these apps do is have the opposite affect users want. They make Mac OS slow, unstable, generate odd behavior and make Mac OS appear buggy. 

 

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