It's yet another special day today! (was - It is a special day today.

A Facebook poster said this to me today ...


"I have been using Apple computers since the 1979 Apple II Plus, which I
still have. I travel around the world for my work, I never have used any
anti-virus tool, and I have never had any problems with viruses,
malware, worms or trojans on any of my Macs in all these years.

So I am very wary of anti-virus software manufacturers spamming me to
offer free scans of my systems. I never accept such things. That's why I
have no experience at all with programs like ClamXAV.

I do agree with you that there may be a certain risk in downloading an
anti-virus program, especially as it has been reported numerous times
that such programs tend to affect the performance of your Mac without
offering you any real advantages. But unfortunately that's the only
thing that I can contribute to this discussion.

Kind regards."

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Just thought you might like to know. :-)

He was responding to my question asked in the 'comments section' after
this article:-

https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/ma...e-3454926/#zzz

Btw, ClamXAV is *NOT* free!

Tell me, how can one be sure that if one downloads the "free trial" and
installs the software, one isn't, in fact, loading malware ON to one's
Apple computer?

Who checks to make sure that this doesn't happen?

The user of the computer might well remain totally unaware that anything
may be amiss.

Something to think about!

--
David B.