Those programs are always built by the lowest bidder to be included free to customers. That means they're almost always useless at best, disruptive at worst.
If you really want AV software then perhaps AVG or Sophos will do, but they will slow your Mac down. The best way to stay safe is : Stay up to date with macOS updates (which include XProtect and rootless SIP) Make your normal user a non-admin user, with a separate admin account for installing software Be careful where you type your password in Only download updates for 3rd party apps from their websites, one specific example is Adobe Flash Player. There are a lot of fake flash updates out there trying to get you to install them Download and install malwarebytes anti-malware, it's free and very good at removing adware, also doesn't run in the background and slow your Mac down Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] www.macambulance.co.uk MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. On 6 Jul 2017, at 07:25, Steve Clen-Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: Hello Everyone, I have just changed ISP to TalkTalk from the BT. TalkTalk offer a Mac download of Supersafe Boost which says it offers protection from viruses, fraud and more. Up till now I really haven’t felt the need for software of this sort, indeed the feeling I had from most I had read was that AV generally is a system hog and as such to be avoided. I know it’s an age old topic but what would you say about this software in particular and in general? Best wishes Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
