This means that, for personal use, you can add to your McAfee account whatever mix of PC, Mac, iOS and Android devices you want, though the PC protection is the most comprehensive.
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First, the company is measuring instances rather than apps. If it detects one piece of malware on ten thousand Macs, that is recorded as 10,000 instances. Second, McAfee again that the number has been boosted by ‘a glut of adware.’ Adware is annoying, displaying ads in your browser or in other apps, but doesn’t generally pose any threat to your data.
Finally, the instances of Mac malware detected amounted to just 1% of that found on Windows machines, where the total hit almost 700 million. This is partly because macOS makes for a smaller, and thus less appealing target, and partly because the platform has more stringent protection built-in. Apple also generally responds quickly with security updates when malware is detected. That’s not to say that Mac users should be complacent: some of out there. As always, the safest course is to only install software from the Mac App Store and trusted developers.
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To the support agent credit, he did his best to help me. It took about 10 minutes to convince him the probelm is the ATT website and not a 'user' input error. I was able to install the McAfee suite on a Toshiba tablet that runs Windows. However, the download process does not 'see' my i-Mac desktop running the Apple IOS.
Furthermore, after scanning the community forum have seen posts going back to 2013 about this issue. They also include comments about phone calls with ATT Tech Support. This issue can't be that difficult to fix.
Letting this drag on for years is ridiculus. In this case the issue is not the virtues of whether to install a virus protection software on a Mac or not - many of us choose to do so for added security. The issue is that AT&T provides free access to McAfee for their internet customers but the site for installing that software does not work technically, as it does not recognize Yosemite as and 'up-to-date' operating system. It's not for Apple or McAfee to fix or address, it is for AT&T to fix their installation site.
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Unfortunately it has now been more than two months since I first posted this issue (and had several email exchanges with their customer support). I had hoped it would have been addressed by now.
I understand your point. But please read the Post from Apple forums. I have 2 windows desktops, 2 windows laptops, a Mac mini and and imac. I have anti virus on the Windows computers. I never have, and never will install anti virus on the Apples. I follow basic security habits.
Just my opinion based on information provided. I was always a Windows person until 5-6 years ago. I know you can't install an anti virus unless you uninstall an existing anti virus. Since the Mac already has security onboard, you would have to disable a verified security to use an unproven outside AV. Just use the McAfee firewall and leave the AV alone. I just tried to install this thing on an iMac running the latest Yosemite version, and could not even get past the 'We're checking for software that might not work properly with the McAfee software you're installing' part - It just sits there and pinwheels away.
I had to force-quit it, TWICE. What a peice of JUNK it still is. Eventually, we Mac users will be hurt by something that does gets past the built-in Mac OSX protection mechanisms, because Apple has sometimes been slow to release security patches.
Though the default setup protects us from most harmful things, it is not a total solution, especially if the user wants to use their Local Area Networks for streaming/sharing or remote access/remote control purposes. It is a shame we have no real good tools for dealing with the junk coming from the non-mac universe, so we can detect, isolate, and remove malware that crosses our path from them. ClamX AV went commercial, and I do not think it was maintained very well.
Sophos slowed my CPUs to a crawl until I purged it.