There is an ample selection of Mac software claiming it is completely safe to use, while in reality those products cause more misery than the problems they claim to address.It is a tool formerly called AdwareMedic that was written by a security specialist named Thomas Reed who is a respected member of the Apple Support Communities.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.3.1 Mac Software ClaimingHis software is very safe and a very powerful tool to keep your Mac clean of adware and malware. Under no circumstances should you ever allow anti-virus software to delete something for you. The only tools that anyone needs to detect and remove adware are the Finder and a web browser, both of which you already have. ![]() Apple doesnt endorse any third-party anti-virus or anti-malware product. Here and here are its general statements about malware protection, and here are its instructions for removing the most common types of ad-injection malware. You become infected with malware by downloading unknown software without doing research to determine whether its safe. If you keep making that mistake, the same, and worse, will keep happening, and no anti-malware will rescue you. Your own intelligence and caution are the only reliable defense. The WindowsAndroid anti-malware industry had more than 75 billion in sales in 2014 source: Gartner, Inc. Its marketing strategy is to convince people that theyre helpless against malware attack unless they use its products. But with all that anti-malware, the Windows and Android platforms are still infested with malwaremost of it far more harmful than mere adware. The same can be expected to happen to the Mac platform if its users trust the same industry to protect them, instead of protecting themselves. Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.3.1 Full Control OfYou are not helpless, and you dont have to give full control of your computerand your datato strangers in order to be rid of adware. Regarding the malwarebytes product in particular, you may be told that there are no reports that is has caused damage. In fact, I know of two such reports: one by ASC user Big Kev55 in this thread, and one by LizardMBP in this thread. There are also many reports that the Windows version of the product has deleted essential Windows system files; see, for example, this thread on the developers own support forum. Whether the software damages the system or not, it takes full adminstrative control and connects to a server controlled by the developer. The developers privacy policy, linked directly to the Mac product page, reads in part as follows: Without limiting the Privacy Policy, you agree that Malwarebytes may track certain data it obtains from your Computer including data about any malicious software or other threats flagged by the Software, data about your license, data about what version of the Software you are using and what operating conditions it runs under and data concerning your geographic location. Emphasis added.) So the developer admits to tracking your location, as well as other unspecified data, and gives itself the legal right to collect any data it chooses. By running the software, you accept these terms. In case theres any doubt about whether this anti-malware product is really anti-malware, the developers own description distinguishes between adware and malware, and specifically mentions removing malware as a selling point six times. A self-identified employee of the developer wrote in an ASC discussion, Actually, its also a malware removal app. The question then is: as a security-conscious computer user, do you want to take such risks when there is no offsetting benefit. When questioned by the author of AdWare Medic regarding test results and times of emails, etc, the OP (LizardMBP) was caught in this web of lies and requested the thread be deleted. Also, a high ranking helper here at ASC is quoted as saying: The site is hosted by Apple, which does not allow it to be used to distribute harmful software he is correct.
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