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Do I need a virus protection for my Mac Catalina?

Do I need a virus protection for my MAC catalina? I have been knocked offline a couple of times

iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 20, 2022 12:37 PM

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Oct 21, 2022 5:50 AM in response to ginga37

I was told I was infected by some weird message.


Effective defenses against malware and other threats - Apple Community describes that scam:



Responding to that scam is what gets people into trouble. Phony "tech support" / "ransomware" popups and web pages - Apple Community has a few illustrations of them. Installing some "anti-virus" thing is an inappropriate response that is likely to cause real problems, as opposed to the phony problems those scams allege.

Do I need a virus protection for my Mac Catalina?

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