I don’t, macOS 10.13’s XProtect and scepticism of anything asking for my password are sufficient, and my primary user isn’t an admin user on the system.
Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.macambulance.co.uk <https://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 1 May 2018, at 19:47, ARMS <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Sam, as a matter of interest do you use any AV software ? > Andy > > On Tuesday, 1 May 2018 15:27:56 UTC+2, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > In my opinion, really not worth slowing down your Mac that much. 99% of the > threats out there for Mac are AdWare and rely on tricking you into installing > them, usually pretending to be Adobe Flash Player updates. No AV software > will stop you typing in your password in the wrong place. > > Sam > > > > MacAmbulance Ltd. > Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development > > Sam Mullen > +44 (0)7747778022 <> > in...@ <>macambulance.co.uk <http://macambulance.co.uk/> > www.macambulance.co.uk <https://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 1 May 2018, at 14:25, Derek Cross <de...@ <>cross1.co.uk >> <http://cross1.co.uk/>> wrote: >> >> I use Intego https://www.intego.com/?sr=1 <https://www.intego.com/?sr=1> >> Any member’s views on this? >> >> Derek >> >>> On 1 May 2018, at 13:41, Sam - MacAmbulance <in...@ <>macambulance.co.uk >>> <http://macambulance.co.uk/>> wrote: >>> >>> Seems like a sponsored review to me : >>> https://malwaretips.com/threads/total-av-is-it-a-scam.80362/ >>> <https://malwaretips.com/threads/total-av-is-it-a-scam.80362/> >>> >>> MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for Mac is the best program out there. There’s >>> AVG and Sophos but they just slow your Mac down and mostly just catch PC >>> viruses sent to you via email. >>> >>> Sam >>> >>> >>> >>> MacAmbulance Ltd. >>> Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development >>> >>> Sam Mullen >>> +44 (0)7747778022 <> >>> in...@ <>macambulance.co.uk <http://macambulance.co.uk/> >>> www.macambulance.co.uk <https://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 1 May 2018, at 12:27, ARMS <arms...@ <>mac.com <http://mac.com/>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Just wondering what everyone in the know thinks about this antivirus >>>> product I just came across. >>>> https://www.antivirustop10.com/reviews/total-av >>>> <https://www.antivirustop10.com/reviews/total-av> >>>> I'm always wary of these and would appreciate any advice. I don't have any >>>> antivirus software installed at present and I know Apple products are not >>>> as susceptible >>>> as PC's but wondered if it's time to start using antivirus software on >>>> Apple products? >>>> Thanks >>>> Andy >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 smug+uns...@ <>googlegroups. <http://googlegroups.com/>com >>>> <http://googlegroups.com/>. >>>> To post to this group, send email to sm...@ <>googlegroups.com >>>> <http://googlegroups.com/>. >>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >>>> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>>> <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 smug+uns...@ <>googlegroups. <http://googlegroups.com/>com >>> <http://googlegroups.com/>. >>> To post to this group, send email to sm...@ <>googlegroups.com >>> <http://googlegroups.com/>. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >>> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <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 smug+uns...@ <>googlegroups. <http://googlegroups.com/>com >> <http://googlegroups.com/>. >> To post to this group, send email to sm...@ <>googlegroups.com >> <http://googlegroups.com/>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug >> <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug > <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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