A few years ago, you'd have been right if your hunch was that you probably don't need to bother with antivirus software on your iMac or MacBook. Windows was still the primary target, with Android. Do I Need Antivirus for Boot Camp & Parallels? When you run Windows in a virtual Mac environment your computer is vulnerable to viruses. Although potential attacks will only affect parts of your machine and not your Mac’s operating system. Can your Mac survive without an antivirus in 2020? Download CleanMyMac X to check your Mac for hidden apps: Your crash course into Mac.
You wasted your time installing any AV software. The site you went to through Google simply redirected you to another site where the entire idea was to get you to install a fake Flash update. Had you simply deleted the fake Flash download instead of installing it, you wouldn't have needed to do anything else. Never, ever install Flash from anywhere other than directly from Adobe.
Best answer: Though Windows malware doesn't affect Mac devices, it's easy to unknowingly send these threats to PC-using colleagues, family members, and friends. During our testing, we used live malware and saw that the protections that come with Mac devices don't always stop them.
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No MalwareBytes didn't stop it, nor would any AV software because like virtually all Mac malware to date, it was a Trojan. Which is software you choose to install. No AV software can know what it is until you run it. And it is of course too late, then.
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I downloaded an app from the App Store to get rid of malware to no avail.
All AV software, in particular from the App Store, is completely useless.
Get rid of Bitdefender. It will not help you one bit. If you install another Trojan, it will go right through. Keep MalwareBytes for Mac. It's job is not preventative (mostly), but to clean up after the fact. The full version of MBAM does two main things in real time: it checks for updates and installs them automatically, and it watches for ransomware activity. When it sees an app trying to encrypt files, MBAM will do what it can to shut down the app as quickly as possible. Notice even that is 'after the fact'. It can't know a Trojan you installed is ransomware until it's active.
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