The claims that Macs are much safer than a PC that incorporates Windows have always been very popular. This has caused many users to have placed too much trust in macOS and in that ‘shield’ that is believed to be included as standard and which is totally false. In this article we are going to try an overview about why this statement is totally false in order to raise awareness that you have to have a lot of head when navigating.
Why is macOS said to be more secure
We must bear in mind that the market rate of macOS is much lower than that of PC. This means that there are many more users using a PC than a Mac. It is basically as it is currently in Android and in the end the philosophy is the same.
As there are many more users using a PC, it is much more efficient to search for exploits in Windows or create malware for this type of equipment, because there are many more users who can fall. On the Mac this is the opposite since there are much fewer users but obviously also in the operating system you can find security holes as we have seen in recent years. With this we want to emphasize that no operating system is perfect, and none can get rid of these security flaws.
This is why we must always have the latest version of the operating system installed on our Mac. When we receive a new version in the notes we can see that there are many security patches that cover all the security holes found and they are not few. We have already said countless times that there are groups of developers trying to find these flaws in order to inform responsible companies like Apple before making them public. Google for example has some of these computers that have already thrown enough bugs in the Apple operating system.
Do you need to have an antivirus on Mac?
If we say that in macOS you can also find exploits and its users may be in the crosshairs of different malware and also of pishing, we automatically think of having an antivirus . A question that many people ask every day is whether it is worth installing a program to defend ourselves against this type of threat or not.
The truth is that there is a large assortment of antivirus on the market, although we always recommend Avira in case you want to have one installed.
But common sense must always prevail, as it is the best antivirus you can have. A series of recommendations must be followed to avoid suffering a malicious attack, such as not visiting untrusted websites or downloading unverified rare programs. By default Apple will not let you install anything not trusted by the operating system but you can always install anything at your own risk. You always have to have enough head and not click where you shouldn’t, nor download email files that we don’t know where they come from.
In short, macOS is not a totally reliable system and we must always be very careful. The myth that Windows always has many more security flaws has been left behind since macOS also stands out for these flaws as is normal. It is not time to attack any company for this aspect and it is necessary to be very careful in the day to day where we navigate.