For years, owners of Windows PCs have had one âfeatureâ that Mac owners have missed out on â malware. While viruses are still almost nonexistent on Macs, there is a small and growing problem with Mac adware that can take over Safari or Chrome and cause it to redirect searches, ask you to buy unneeded or fake antivirus apps, or just open a lot of pop-up windows. Fortunately, Malwarebytes has released its free Anti-Malware software for Mac OS versions up to and including macOS Sierra, and in todayâs tech tip Iâll show how to install and use it.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware has been available on the Windows platform since 2008 and has a good reputation for knocking out adware and browser hijacking code. Letâs get started:
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1) Point Safari to the Malwarebytes download page.
2) Scroll down to Malwarebytes Anti-Malware for Mac, and click on the green âFree Downloadâ button (see image below). The file will be downloaded to your Downloads folder.
3) Click the Downloads button in the upper right corner of the Safari window (see screenshot below), then double-click on the file name to mount the disk image. If youâre using a different browser, simply open your Downloads folder and double-click on the MBAM-Mac-version#.dmg (disk image) file to mount the image.
4) When the disk image is mounted youâll see a window that looks like the one seen below. Drag the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware icon to the Applications folder icon to install the app.
5) At this point, you can drag the MBAM-Mac disk image (which may be visible on your Mac desktop) to your Trashcan to unmount it.
6) Now launch Malwarebytes Anti-Malware from the Applications folder. It will display the warning seen in the screenshot below. Click âOpenâ.
7) Next up is an End User License Agreement (EULA). Read the license agreement (screenshot below) if youâre bored or having problems sleeping, otherwise just click the Agree button to continue.
8) Malwarebytes Anti-Malware will pause for a moment and download the latest malware âsignaturesâ. Once itâs complete, click the Scan button. The scan begins (screenshot below), and should run its course in less than ten seconds.
9) When Malwarebytes Anti-Malware completes its scan, youâll most likely see the reassuring message seen below. However, if malware is found on your Mac, youâll be given full instructions by the application on how to remove the malware from your Mac.
10) Your Mac is malware free! Itâs a good idea to run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware once a month or so, or more often if you find that your Mac is suddenly acting strangely or bogging down in terms of performance.
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There are two answers to that question, actually three!
How to prevent ads and pop-ups: Download and install GlimmerBlocker: http://glimmerblocker.org/
How to prevent re-direction:
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Adding Open DNS codes to your Network Preferences, should give good results in terms of speed-up as well as added security, (including anti-phishing and redirects) (Full information about Open DNS is here: http://www.opendns.com/home/nobloat ) and further independent information can be read here:
and here:
Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu, and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' add the following two numbers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
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(You can also enter them if you click on Advanced and then DNS)
Thirdly: malware!
There are many forms of âMalwareâ that can affect a computer system, of which âa virusâ is but one type, âtrojansâ another. Using the strict definition of a computer virus, no viruses that can attack OS X have so far been detected 'in the wild', i.e. in anything other than laboratory conditions. The same is not true of other forms of malware, such as Trojans. Whilst it is a fairly safe bet that your Mac will NOT be infected by a virus, it may have other security-related problem, but more likely a technical problem unrelated to any malware threat.
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You may find this User Tip on Viruses, Trojan Detection and Removal, as well as general Internet Security and Privacy, useful:
Mac Os X Version 10.10.0
The User Tip (which you are welcome to print out and retain for future reference) seeks to offer guidance on the main security threats and how to avoid them.
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