While Macs don’t come with built-in antivirus applications, they do have malware protection. The next natural question is whether Macs have any built-in tools that prevent the malware? So, we established that hackers do target Apple computers. Malware stats from AV-Testįrom the screenshot, one can make a conclusion that while there is 1500 times malware developed for macOS than for Windows in 2019, the amount is still pretty large just to ignore. Look, for instance, at the statistics from. Macs indeed less likely to get viruses than PC, but this does not mean that they never get viruses. “Hi Al, I always thought that Macs were less likely to get viruses, get hacked, etc. Here is an email I received yesterday from one of my readers:
Since my blog is about dispelling myths around Apple products, and Macs, in particular, one topic I write a lot about is malware on Macs.
