Why does Apple get viruses?

1. Those messages are generally scams. They are not from Apple and neither is MacKeeper. These are 3rd party Apps trying to get you to buy their software. Apple has nothing to do with it.

2. Mac OS already has built in software to prevent virus infections, malicious software and other threats. Viruses for Mac are so few and far between its unlikely you'd ever actually encounter one at this point.

Read here for what Apple already does:

macOS - Security - Apple

3. What exactly do you plan on going public with? That there are scams out there? How is apple supposed to sort out something they have no control over? There's scams for every platform. It's up to you not to fall for them. Everybody is aware of this already. You are not going to tell the world anything they don't already know.

4. Who do you think you are threatening. Scams and fake virus alerts are a fact or internet life. Apple is not responsible for keeping you away from them.

You can try to run Malwarebytes for Mac to check for any potential adware you may have installed that is causing these popups to appear.

Malwarebytes for Mac—Mac Antivirus Replacement | Malwarebytes

lesleynunu wrote:

Apple advertises that it does not get viruses

Please provide a citation to an ad where Apple says their products don't get viruses.

Then Mackeeper keeps popping up and it wants be to buy the software for something Apple advertised does not happen.

So, you believe MacKeeper's sleazy ads? What do they have to do with Apple?

And, again, where does Apple advertise that their products can't get viruses? Generally, they don't, but, nothing is impossible.

I wouldn't trust a pop-up saying that you need virus protection.

It's not impossible, but in general Macs are less virus-prone. However, any OS can suffer from vulnerabilities that eventually get patched.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

Please provide a citation to an ad where Apple says their products don't get viruses.

It was over a decade ago, but a lot of people still remember the "Get a Mac" advertising campaign with John Hodgman and Justin Long.

Apple - Get a Mac - Viruses - YouTube

A) It doesn't say Mac's can't get viruses. It says that the PC viruses don't affect Macs. It also didn't say that it's impossible. And B), as you pointed out, it was more than ten years ago. The OP said "advertises", the present progressive.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

A) It doesn't say Mac's can't get viruses. It says that the PC viruses don't affect Macs. It also didn't say that it's impossible. And B), as you pointed out, it was more than ten years ago. The OP said "advertises", the present progressive.

Any operating system can be vulnerable to various exploits. Macs have come down with malware or other exploits through Flash or Word. I've only heard of one honest to goodness OSX virus/worm.

I don't believe the OP is going to be happy unless Macs are totally bulletproof, which is an unreasonable standard. Of course Mackeeper is notorious for its ads and the hard sell they give.

I don’t believe the OP will ever be happy since they do not understand that these popups are scams and they actually believe that someone can tell what is on their computer, which is impossible. Additionally, they immediately threaten the wrong party.

y_p_w wrote:

IdrisSeabright wrote:

A) It doesn't say Mac's can't get viruses. It says that the PC viruses don't affect Macs. It also didn't say that it's impossible. And B), as you pointed out, it was more than ten years ago. The OP said "advertises", the present progressive.

Any operating system can be vulnerable to various exploits. Macs have come down with malware or other exploits through Flash or Word. I've only heard of one honest to goodness OSX virus/worm.

I don't believe the OP is going to be happy unless Macs are totally bulletproof, which is an unreasonable standard. Of course Mackeeper is notorious for its ads and the hard sell they give.

I am well aware that any operating system can, with enough money and/or enough brute force, be compromised. But, you've apparently missed my point. Apple has never said that it is impossible for their products to get a virus or malware. So, the OP's instance that Apple has advertised them thusly is simply not true.