Mac is not immune to malware

Protect your Mac from Malware

Protect your Mac from Malware. Mac is not immune to malware or virus anymore. People have a common belief that Macs are safer than PCs. It is a common belief that all the viruses are designed to infect Windows computers, not Mac. There are many websites where one can find detailed information about windows malware, but one has to do a lot of research to find out information about Malware for Macs. Here is the list of Trojan malware since the 1990s.

This article not to make you panic or frightened this is just to make you aware of the common belief that Macs are immune to Malware. Today, I was reading an article on Macworld, and I end up landing an exciting page about Malware on Macs “List of Mac viruses, malware, and security flaws” to support my article. Protect your Mac from Malware.

There is no computer system is immune to malware (Malicious Software), even Mac / Apple Systems.

MacDefender and Flashback are the most vulnerable.

Flashback: Flashback virus target security hole in Java. Java is included in OS X (OS X is Operating System such as Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, and Yosemite). Flashback virus is designed to steal your data or information in the background without even the user noticing. Once your computer is infected you might not see any difference the way your Mac runs.

MacDefender: Also known as Mac Protector, Mac Security, Mac Guard, Mac Shield, and FakeMacDef is Internet rogue security software that will mislead the user into paying money for fake or simulated removal of malware a form of ransomware claim to remove malware from the computer, instead of removing it introduce malware to the computer.

Recently one of our mac was acting funny; slow process, popups and not shutting down properly. I find out that there were popups and adware, here is a picture that you can see.

So yes Mac does get infected. So Protect your Mac from Malware.

Protect yourself by doing this step:

Make sure your Mac Malware database is always up-to-date if you want peace of mind, take an action: Go to System Preferences

•  Open App Store Preference
•  Check – Automatically check for updates.
•  Check – Download newly available updates in the background. (You will be notified when the updates are ready to be installed.)
•  Check – Install app updates
•  Check – Install OS X updates
•  Check – Install system data files and security updates.

Last one up to you:

• Check/ uncheck – Automatically download apps purchased on other Macs.

This will keep your Mac free from the most malicious software. Also, it is very unlikely, it doesn’t help you to install malicious software on your Mac. If you want to strict installation do this:

• Go to System Preferences
• Open Security and Privacy
• Allow apps to download from:
• Check – Mac App Store and Identified Developers.

This will strict the installation process. Check out Lexington PC Clinic YouTube channel, we have a YouTube video step by step direction to Protect your Mac from Malware.

Also, get antivirus for mac.
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