what is the best antivirus for my mac?

You're welcome.

Those are just a very few recent threads that I happened to recall. There are countless others. Like all such junk Avast is useless at best. Many of these programs appear to work fine, until users come back here complaining their Mac is running slowly, crashing randomly, or otherwise doing bizarre things that it would never do if they didn't modify their system with poorly designed junk.

I prefer to just use my Macs the way they were designed to be used, but to each his own. If you prefer not to learn from the experience of others, it's your time, your money, and your data to lose.

alicia_muench wrote:

Many of you have said MacKeeper does not remove most malware which is false. MacKeeper does not deal with malware at all.

If that were true then you would be off-topic by posting in this thread that is all about Anti-Virus software. MacKeeper has always had an Anti-Virus (Anti-Malware) module. Or perhaps you are unaware that malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, adware, and other malicious programs. The term "Anti-Virus" is a holdover from the dark ages when that's all they needed to deal with. Here's what MacKeeper's Security page says about it:

Antivirus

We offer a leading Mac OS engine antivirus in case you need extra security, for example, when you work with Windows emulators such as Parallels or VMWare. With an easy real-time protection on/off switch you can turn it on, work with an emulator and turn it off when you're done.

As I said before, I have tested MacKeeper until it became Intel only. I've even spoken with their tech support folks about the initial A-V module they deployed. It's certainly a much better product than it was initially, but I can't ignore the number of users who have requested assistance to remove it both here in the ACS forum and on Phil Stokes' site. Those are all real users, not rumor spreaders, who had real issues they couldn't resolve for themselves.

For one,

I am not inclined to promote any product for I am not going to do someone else's job for them while i get paid crumbs. I'm just standing my ground. Simply setting a new prospective on MacKeeper. For all of you who have said it to be a scam, why is it that I have had it fuly installed and running on my Mac and no harm is yet to be done? Why then is my mac running more efficiently and quicker than it did? Do proove your points in FACTUAL DATA rather than an opinion based off of an opinion. And to you sir......

Cheers.

Excuse me,

That is where you stand to be incorrect. I am not the only one off topic here in this forum. There are many users aspread discussing, now, MacKeeper and how it is such a threat even though I have said to have it for nearly two months with no inconvieniences. I understand as instinct you would want to stand your ground like the rest of the participants but while answering a question on anti-virus software, we are speaking of MacKeeper which is, yes, quite off topic.

I understand you and many other users have tested MacKeeper. I, for one, will not trust any test results on the product unless all portions have been clarified and then tested. I prefer to recieve my news from a trusted and reliable station where numourous amounts of people are testing, checking eachother's work, and checking theirs. It is more clear to me that way. When someone says they have tested the program, for all I know they could have just opened it up and ran it on their monitor for a while, recorded effects, and reported them. With that I say...

Cheers.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/technology/antivirus-makers-work-on-software-t o-catch-malware-more-effectively.html

There are some serious flaws in the study cited by that NYT article. In particular is the study's reliance on VirusTotal for all their testing. In my experience, there can be a sometimes significant difference between what a particular engine detects on VirusTotal and what the end-user version of that engine detects in real-world use. To me, that is enough to discount that study entirely.

For more information, see:

http://antimalwaretesting.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/journalisms-dirty-little-secr et/

http://www.technewsdaily.com/16177-imperva-malware-study-flaws.html

http://kevtownsend.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/old-mac-bloggit-isnt-really-a-grumpy -old-man/

I'm afraid that you are not doing much to back up your opinions. The only sources you can cite for your opinions are a blog article (ironic, given your dismissal of blog articles that don't suit your point of view) that is widely considered to be highly biased and quotes from Zeobit employees.

I have actually tested MacKeeper, as I pointed out. The results of that testing are clearly stated, along with all the information necessary for independent researchers to repeat and verify my testing. Do not continue claiming that nobody here has tested it, because that is patently false.

The issue that you are going to have to struggle against at this point, if you wish to continue arguing your point of view, is credibility. You joined this forum yesterday, and almost immediately jumped in to the defense of MacKeeper. Zeobit (the makers of MacKeeper) has used paid shills to promote or defend their product numerous times in the past. (They even tried to pay me to become one.) You will have an uphill battle convincing anyone here that you are not being paid, or otherwise compensated (with free upgrades, for example), by Zeobit to voice your opinion here. You will need hard facts to back up what you say.

Many of you have said MacKeeper does not remove most malware which is false. MacKeeper does not deal with malware at all.

That's an amusing statement, though I do not believe you meant it that way.

Malware is an all-encompassing term for malicious software. Things like viruses, worms, trojans and spyware are all simply sub-groups of malware. Anti-virus software is really just anti-malware software, but the public does not understand the differentiation and simply calls all malware (erroneously) viruses, thus the term "anti-virus" is still used. There are no actual viruses for Mac OS X. MacKeeper includes an "anti-virus" component, but as my testing demonstrated, that component is mostly worthless.

Having tested MacKeeper extensively on behalf of my clients I can only advise all users to stay far away from this deceptively marketed piece of Junk.

In truly sorry but..

Neither are you! You, too, have given me a blog of your own literature which resembled any other user testing MacKeeper. Heres a fact for you. Mac users will tend to be skeptacle when it comes to antivirus software becasue the name Mac holds many quilities with a main one of invulnerable. Has it ever occured to you that I am just a user trying not to sink into the sand with the rest of the first levelers? Level tens should hold many leadership qualiies. I, for one, have decided to start early. I did not know I would be getting into such a sudden disagreement. In the past, I HAVE NOT talked about MacKeeper in any way but this one question i stumbled over. I appreciate the eplanations of terms but that is not going to bring down my understanding that MacKeeper can be acceptable if you look at it from an innocent, new prospective.

Today, I challenge you. I challenge you to seriously not test MacKeeper, picking at it for flaws but to see the good in it. I have seen change and will not go and believe some group of people that claimed that they didn't expierience a change in usage. I saw what I saw, you can't change that. As you have learned, I am not easy to break. Try me once, and you'll be sorry. How many days has this conversation been going on in circles? About two! Have I given up? No and I dont plan on it. Listen to me here. I am not going to base MY KNOWLEDGE on someone elses knowledge. I am not one to think like someone else did a century ago or even a mere years away from me. You should know that the information I, as the user, am giving you is from me, the user. The first time user of my first antivirus software. The first coating on my laptop. Have you ever had some firsts? Just take the time to think.....Now listen.....At that time, when your first happened wether it was a kiss or something more modern like a first phone, it may or may not have been a happy time. But you remember it. Because it was your first. I may not have much experience with antivirus software for Mac products. I have seen their bad turn outs on PCs I kid you not. You cant change the opinion on my first. I cant say to you...that first kiss you got, It wasn't right. Make a new one and forget that one, its what everyone is doing. Now I understand the relationships between the two are nor loogical. All firsts have something in common.

Your probably thinking, why is this young girl so stuck on this software? Just let it go, listen to the professionals. I've listened to them for my whole life. I want my own opinions and my own exeriences. I dont want to go into a room and aggree with everyone there. I hope for the poster of this comment, that they choose what they want, and not what others want them to get. They need something to call theirs. Some thing different. I found no problems with MacKeeper. I dont relate to your reasoning thus I cant agree with it. With something to think about, I say...

Cheers.

You have posted elsewhere asking how to "get a reputation". You are getting one now, at least in this post.

I try to honor this phrase in my life: Fools never learn frm their own mistakes ... Smart people learn from their own mistakes ... Wise people learn from other's mistakes.

I started last year trying to answer questions until I finally figured out I need to read others' statements and learn something first. One thing I have learned is to stay away from MacKeeper.

But you pick your own path.

Sir a word please,

Who said I was making a mistake?

Cheers.

Anyone who has tried MacKeeper or can spot a MacKeeper schill from a mile away.

I have tried MacKeeper...

I am so sorry to hear that.

Allan

Allan,

Why are you sorry? It is but truth I speak. Be sorry for people who emit lies.

Cheers.

Yes. Really.