Antivirus for Macbook Air (M4) 2025

Your Mac requires no always-on, third-party anti-virus or anti-malware software.

Apple has built these protections into macOS and they are updated regularly.

• macOS security built right in. - Apple Support   

• App Security Overview - Apple Support

Always-on anti-virus apps often interfere with the performance and operation of macOS and are not recommended.  

For more info, please see these support documents:

• Effective Defenses Against Malware - Apple Community

• Avoid phishing emails, fake 'virus' alerts…and other scams - Apple Support 

MacOS is the most secure operating system on the market. Privacy is at the very core of all Apple products and services.

I would advise against installing anything that interferes with that.

Don’t be fooled by clever marketing advertisement tactics that rely on fear to sell you a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.

All the best! 👋🏼😉