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Ask the Mac Guy: Do I Need AV on My Mac? | Huntress

2023-10-03 · Read original ↗

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“ask the mac guy : do i need av on my mac? | huntress we ' re back for the fourth and final installment of our ask the mac guy series. we ' ve covered a wide range of topics in the series thus far, but today, i want to discuss a potentially controversial one. in this blog, the que…”
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“, what they do, and how they differentiate from edr. av vs. edr an av uses signatures to block malware before it executes. on the other hand, endpoint detection and response ( edr ) can detect items based on behavior, and then take steps to remediate it. the idea behind an av is …”

Summary

In this blog, our Mac expert answers the existential question: As a Mac user, do you need to use an antivirus (AV) to protect your Mac?