Does Apple endorse the following Virus Cleaner App. I would like to know before downloading on my MacBookPro
Antivirus One - Virus Cleaner 4+
Scan & Clean Malware & Spyware
Thank you,
R C J.
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You are not asking Apple here. Contributors here with decades of Mac experience usually say No.
You do not need any third party protction or cleaing apps. The Mac is like a cat—its system automatically cleans itself, even defrags if needed, and has done so for 20+ years. Adding anti-virus and cleaning apps only slows and destabilizes the computer as they compete with the elegant self-maintenance routines you paid Apple to build into the OS.
We have five working Mac Macs in the house; none have or need anti-virus or cleaning scamware. I've owned Macs since about 1991 and have never installed anti-virus or cleaning software, and we have zero issues.
Please do not fall victim to fear-based marketing.
That is my opinion but I suspect any other senior contributors here will tell you the same thing.
You are not asking Apple here. Contributors here with decades of Mac experience usually say No.
You do not need any third party protction or cleaing apps. The Mac is like a cat—its system automatically cleans itself, even defrags if needed, and has done so for 20+ years. Adding anti-virus and cleaning apps only slows and destabilizes the computer as they compete with the elegant self-maintenance routines you paid Apple to build into the OS.
We have five working Mac Macs in the house; none have or need anti-virus or cleaning scamware. I've owned Macs since about 1991 and have never installed anti-virus or cleaning software, and we have zero issues.
Please do not fall victim to fear-based marketing.
That is my opinion but I suspect any other senior contributors here will tell you the same thing.
No virus cleaner app is endorsed by Apple. They are not needed and macOS already has a number of security feature built-in. In addition, we get numerous posts here with folks asking for help to remove these 3rd-party apps, as they tend to cause more issues and resolve none. Save your money.
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