LOOKING FOR PROTECTION
TECH SUPPORT & TECHSPLANATIONS
There is no “one size fits all” in antivirus protection, as the solution you pick depends entirely on your risk. As a minimum, if you only download apps from the Mac App Store and are a light and cautious user of social media and websites, you should keep a couple of tools at hand in case you need to check out anything suspicious. Objective-See’s TaskExplorer (Free, objective-see.com) and something like Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Free, malwarebytes.com) should suffice.
People at higher risk might regularly download software from plain HTTP websites (as opposed to secure HTTPS sites) and already have had a couple of close calls from social media links and other websites. If that is you, you’ll need the protection of a subscription-based service – from Malwarebytes, for instance, Mac Internet Security X9 (intego.com), or something similar. These will necessarily be more intrusive, though.
Also worth looking at are Objective-See’s other free tools, such as BlockBlock, RansomWhere?, and What’s Your Sign. Little Snitch (obdev.at) is great for checking outgoing connections, too.
It’s essential not to leave it to software to protect you, though. The most powerful and effective antivirus protection is you, and your suspicions and caution.
If you don’t check every incoming email
