Knowing that each installer also installs adware by default gives you the option not to install it. In the case of c|net, it wraps legitimate software in proprietary adware-laden installers. You tend to get adware from legitimate sources like c|net. To the best of my knowledge, adware is technically not malware-except that it is. You are correct that MalwareBytes for Mac is the new name of AdwareMedic. Do not download software from third-party websites.
If you don't want anti-adware utlities on your Mac, then restrict yourself to downloading software from the Mac App Store or directly from the developers' website.
I recommend AdwareMedic will probably recommend MalwareBytes for Mac. The bottomline is that the ability to detect Windows adware on a Mac would serve no useful purpose. Unlike a virus, adware does not self-propagate or self-duplicate. The way adware works is platform-specific. Once you are aware, then you may avoid installing adware and may manually remove it if you know that adware has been installed. Most users are unaware of what c|net has done and are likely to be victims of its scheme. Nonetheless, I'm itching to try it out, and I'll definitely update this thread with my opinion of the software, if I get any calls about an infected Mac - though that's highly unlikely to happen any time soon.Īny reviews or personal experiences that you can offer would be most helpful!Ĭlick to expand.You are correct that MalwareBytes for Mac is the new name of AdwareMedic. I appreciate it hasn't been out for long, so feedback may be limited. Does it get rid of PUPs like MacKeeper or will they still have to be manually removed? Is it a case of you just run a full scan and it fixes everything (as there are far less points of infection to scan for on OS X), or in your experience are there some things it doesn't pick up? Does MalwareBytes for Mac pick up both Windows & Mac infections?
It looks like AdwareMedic has now joined the MalwareBytes family so that's immediately promising. Normally malware issues on OS X are few and far between (well, compared to the myriad of issues we get on Windows computers), and in each instance we run Avast & AdwareMedic which always seems to get rid of any infections. So it looks like MalwareBytes for Mac has been released and we're in two minds whether to update our OS X image with this software. I hope this thread finds you in jolly spirits.
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