It might be in reality a waste of time and more annoyingly a waste of money but it is effectively part of the cost of doing business. However contrary to what a lot of people voice here I would say if your a business user you probably do need to install such a tool on a Mac merely so you can show people you have taken reasonable efforts, especially if your in regulated industries. Most of the time a knowledgable and careful Mac user does not need such software. I would say that on Windows there are so many threats including old ones that you do need something. when falsely marking legitimate files as malware.Ī lot of people here will therefore argue that there is no point installing anti-virus software especially on a Mac.
Anti-virus software can slow down noticeably your computer and in some cases has actually caused corruption/damage to computer software when it has badly gone wrong, e.g. The Mac has a much smaller amount of malware targeting it than Windows and even those targeting a Mac are in general less of a threat than those for Windows.Īnti-virus software in general for both Mac and Windows is not completely effective in blocking all malware and in particularly is almost useless in blocking new threats until some time has passed by which time it may be too late.
