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Somehow installed Malwarebytes unintentionally. Should I uninstall?

Somehow installed Malwarebytes unintentionally. Should I uninstall?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.2

Posted on Feb 17, 2023 7:15 AM

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Posted on Feb 17, 2023 7:27 AM

The only way it could get on your Mac is someone chose to install it. It will run in full version mode for, I believe, 30 days. After that it reverts to free mode and stops running the always on protection. But you can still download updated definition files and run it manually any time you want.

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Feb 17, 2023 7:27 AM in response to MFSur

The only way it could get on your Mac is someone chose to install it. It will run in full version mode for, I believe, 30 days. After that it reverts to free mode and stops running the always on protection. But you can still download updated definition files and run it manually any time you want.

Somehow installed Malwarebytes unintentionally. Should I uninstall?

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