Microsoft just released its Defender antivirus for Mac, no kidding

We can think that all computers are susceptible to being contaminated at some time in their life by a computer virus that leaves our equipment "out" for one reason or another. Apple and Macs have always been fairly safe from these viruses for various reasons, and one of the main reasons is that hackers tend to program these viruses towards dominant operating systems on the market and Windows is obviously still the dominant operating system today..

But Apple with its Macs and with macOS is becoming increasingly popular and is getting into a fight that has never been seen before in terms of the number of computers with macOS installed. Some reports from the beginning of the year warn that Mac malware has grown 230 percent in recent years and that is due to the increased number of users using macOS. That said, we have a couple of key questions in this regard, Is it necessary to install an antivirus on the Mac? Will this Defender be successful with Mac users?

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Antivirus applications for Mac are growing, but they are not necessary

Go ahead, that usually most users do not have an antivirus installed until a specific problem appears on their computer, normally what is most diagnosed are "malware" that is installed on our computers for not entirely good use, that is, by some download or similar software, music, movies or similar ... This means that the recently released Defender for Mac can prevent us from these attacks? no. And is that Each malware is different and it is not a computer virus as such, they are different attacks. All this requires a greater explanation since antivirus also protect against certain malware attacks, but not from everything.

Launching the Defender antivirus for Mac is something that many of us can classify as a joke, but it is true that companies that have many employees fiddling with their computers may come to consider these antivirus even though in most cases they are not necessary. Viruses, as an acquaintance of mine said, are created by antivirus themselves.

Ultimately launching an antivirus for macOS coming from Microsoft seems somewhat absurd to us, but totally respectable. The basic premises for not having problems with viruses or malware is common sense, having the computer updated with the most recent macOS or the system in which your Mac was left and avoiding entering content download pages in which we have many numbers to download a malware on our Mac, not a virus as such. This is also applicable to Windows users, although it is true as it is a much more widespread system, the hack that can be carried out and the reward for it is greater, especially in large companies, beyond common users like you or me.