What is does is to clean up the system after your Mac has become infected.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac is not a real-time protection tool and it will not prevent adware or malware from installing. It is free of charge and is quite a small and compact app that takes up little disk space.
It is interesting that the company now has an Apple Mac version of its adware and malware removal tool. Malwarebytes has one of the best tools for removing malware on Windows PCs and the company has years of experience with detecting it and removing it. If your Mac accidentally becomes infected with adware or malware, a clean-up tool is the first thing to try and there are several to choose from. Software downloaded from developers is fairly safe and trustworthy. It is best to avoid downloading from software download sites and to get your software direct from the developer. See Has MacUpdate fallen to the adware plague? for the sort of problems that can occur. Many are fine and are quite safe, but if you see cracked apps and free versions of commercial software then steer well clear because they could be harbouring malware. The problem is that there are lots of great apps outside of the Mac App Store on various websites and it is tempting to download software from them. It is a good way to avoid malware and adware. If your only source of software is Apple then you are very unlikely to ever see adware, spyware, viruses and other types of malware. The adware usually comes from downloads of software on the internet, but it is not in the Mac App Store. Adware infected Macs run very poorly indeed and it is surprising how many Mac users have adware infected Macs. It pops up adverts on the screen, redirects the browser to some other website, usually to show adverts, ruins searches, and generally interferes with the running of the Mac. (Windows is such a big and profitable target.) It is hard to tell which is true and it is probably a bit of both that keeps Mac users fairly safe.įairly safe does not mean completely safe and occasionally Mac malware hits the news as it spreads throughout the Apple community.Īdware is more common than viruses on OS X and Facebook groups dedicated to the Apple Mac often have posts from people that have Macs infected with adware. Viruses, Trojans and other types of malware are thankfully still quite rare on the Mac and OS X is either fairly resistant to them or the size of the Mac user base still isn’t big enough for malware authors to bother with. It still isn’t time to panic, but it is still good to have tools like Malwarebytes Anti-Malware installed. At one time the Apple Mac never used to become infected with adware or malware, but times have changed.
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