There has been no position from apple that you do or do not need a A/V (not reading a/v materials or not knowing how to use the product correctly)Įg: its on, Its updated, Auto Detect, Auto Remove detected issues = we will never knowĪs for the time lag, your putting a A/V which scans onto your computerīut the bottom line issue is that people want to be safe.
How many of the horror stories are really end user error based That is where the concern is.no product, software is perfect. As the mac market share increases, Im sure the potential risk will continue increase. However, there have been issues Trojans, Malware etc targeting Macs where people get infected and they are intelligent users. I was lucky enough to enter into dialogs with mac experts.and the take away was, if you are intelligent in your use.turn on all of the apple security features you will be safe.the only person in theory who can hurt you is you. When, I purchased my first mac about 10 years ago.I was lucky enough to get caught up into the debate ofĭo Macs need a AV or not (I'm Sure you have been there) Macs are unix (secure) no need for AV.AV makes In all sincerity I am not attempting to debate your point.
