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Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsiMac antivirus
Hello,
do i need to download antivirus on iMac? or it protects himself?
2 Answers
Steve Smith
12,955 PointsI've never used an antivirus program on my Mac, and I started with a Mac Plus in the late 80's.
As long as you're smart and don't download and install software from dubious sources, it's not something you likely will ever have to worry about.
Wayne Priestley
19,579 PointsHi Aurelian,
Open your system preferences/security there you will see three options,
All applications downloaded from:
Mac app store
Mac app store and identified developers
Anywhere
Changing the setting to anywhere will let you launch the application, (I take it you trust the developer)
Then I would suggest changing it back to Mac app store and identified developers.
Hope this helps.
I've never run antivirus on my mac in ten years.
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Pointsthank you . It asks me even when i want to download photoshop, everything ;p , i didn't needed to change something. It was already there if i want to open it and if i trust it :D thank you all
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsAurelian Spodarec
7,369 Pointsthe thing is i want to download something and when i did it says it can't open because its not from secure developer but i used that program like two years on pc ... and i need to download some other program too but never know if a virus come.