Antivirus

[Mears]

I have the new MacBook Pro 16" M1 running Monterey12..3.1. Do I need to buy any protection software?
I have he'd MalwareBytes for several years but I'm not convinced it is doing anything on my new MBP as it scans in under one second.
There seems to be so much disagreement over whether we need anything these days, so I don't want to add any potentially damaging software if it is really unnecessary.

Any qualified help would be appreciateed.

Thanks
John

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello,

I personally don't recommend any antivirus software, especially any that runs in the background with real-time protection, as it normally causes more issues than it is worth. I do have ClamXAV installed on an external drive I use for diagnostics a few times a year, but it has never found any viruses. Malwarebytes is an excellent and recommended application for finding malware however.

It's up to you, but I don't see a need for it personally. Hope that helps!

C