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Is there a good on-demand antivirus for Mac? The only two I know of is Malwarebytes and Kaspersky. The former installs with root privileges, runs on boot and
by sam_goody 6y ago
Is there a good on-demand antivirus for Mac?
The only two I know of is Malwarebytes and Kaspersky.
The former installs with root privileges, runs on boot and cannot be ever closed, despite the fact that it is only an on-demand scanner. I've written to them to request an explanation, and did not get any response.
Kaspersky has had a fair share of rumors against it, and I am not in a position to evaluate if they are trustworthy.
- hjuutilainen 6y agoThere’s https://sqwarq.com/detectx/ https://sqwarq.com/detectx/ which would fit your needs nicely. They also recently tweeted about detecting this specific malware in question.
- sam_goody 6y agoI never saw this program before. Closed source, no references, and free (so how do they support themselves?) Very nice, but why would I trust it?
- vanc_cefepime 6y agoClamXAV. https://www.clamxav.com/ https://www.clamxav.com/ Used to use them years back, before I jumped off MacOS. Past few years they went a subscription model for sustainability. Based on ClamAV.
- abrowne 6y ago> Malwarebytes […] installs with root privileges, runs on boot and cannot be ever closed, despite the fact that it is only an on-demand scanner. I've written to them to request an explanation, and did not get any response. Because they try to up-sell you their paid option, which scans automatically for you, with a 30-day trial.