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The approach taken on each platform is the one that most effectively counters the threats on that platform. Thus, some features on one platform do not make sense on another. Malwarebytes products are designed specifically for each platform and to target the threats that are present on each platform.

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Why does Malwarebytes for Mac have different features than for Windows?

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App will provide a trial of the Premium feature set (real-time protection).

Allows the user to access core functionality or open the UI from an icon on the menu bar.

UI now looks more like MB3 for Windows UI, although much of the Windows functionality is still not present.

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Detects and quarantines threat files in real-time, rather than requiring manual scans.

The following features are new in version 3.0: What are the key features of Malwarebytes for Mac? Malwarebytes for Mac can protectВ you when it turns out youвЂ™re only human and make a mistake. DonвЂ™t let a one-time mistake cause long-term issues. Keeping security in mind at all times is important and can protect you from some threats, but not all of them. This puts Mac users at higher risk of getting infected with something nasty. As that starts to change, most Mac users arenвЂ™t prepared for it, continuing to think theyвЂ™re safe simply by virtue of using a Mac. Macs do get infected, so donвЂ™t be a victim!ДonвЂ™t fall for the hype, thereвЂ™s nothing implicitly safer about a Mac except for the rarity of threats when compared to Windows. Fire up your favorite MMORPG or FPS game without worrying that Malwarebytes will cause your frame rates to drop. This also means that the real-time protection is extremely efficient, causing no noticeable impact on the system. Malwarebytes for Mac uses the same unique engine to detect threats, which means that manual scans are still very fast. With real-time protection, Malwarebytes can now detect and quarantineВ those threats before they get a foothold. It has been widely recommended in the Mac community due to its effectiveness at removing such threats. Malwarebytes has been recognized for its aggressive stance against adware and PUPs, many of which are not detected by other antivirus programs. Malwarebytes strives to proactively detect and block all Mac malware, providing additional protection against the worst threats that exist on the Mac. Multiple layers of protection are always recommended by security experts. There is some basic anti-malware protection built into macOS, but itвЂ™s not perfect and doesnвЂ™t catch everything. Now Malwarebytes doesnвЂ™t just clean up your Mac, it protects it too! Introducing Malwarebytes for MacД«ecause of these changes to the Mac threat landscape, we have released Malwarebytes for Mac, which includes real-time protection. Go to any Mac forum these days and it wonвЂ™t take you five minutes to find someone suffering from some kind of malicious threat. Adware and PUPs are increasing at an even higher rate, with even the Mac App Store sufferingВ aВ tidal wave of scam software. Worse, that only tells a small part of the story. Thus far, as of earlyВ July 2017, there has been an increase of 230% in Mac malware over last year, and this year is only half over. Since around 2012, Macs have seen a huge upswing in all manner of threats вЂ“ malware (including spyware, keyloggers, backdoors, and more), adware, and potentially unwanted programs (PUPs). Unfortunately, that has begun to change in recent years. The only reason the myth that Macs canвЂ™t get infected with malware has persisted is that, until recently, malware has been fairly rare.

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The switch to a completely new architecture in Mac OS X, in 2001, killed all the old вЂњClassicвЂќ Mac malware, but it didnвЂ™t take long for more to start appearing, starting with the MW2004 trojan a few years later.

Some of the earliest malwareВ affected the first Macs in the mid-1980s.

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The first widespread virus was the Elk Cloner virus, which actually infected the Apple II, prior to any PC malware.

There has almost always been malware for the Mac. Unfortunately, this old вЂњwisdomвЂќ has never been true. Now, on a differentВ topic, can you tell me why SafariВ is going to a Russian search engine instead of Google? And I keep getting pop-ups telling me to вЂњclean yourВ Mac from junk!вЂќ Mac threat landscape Wow, thatвЂ™s so cool! ItвЂ™s good to know weвЂ™re all safe. Even Apple said so, in their famous Get a Mac ads that aired a decade ago. Mac users have been told for years: Macs donвЂ™t get viruses.

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