There are a number of tell-tale signs that your Mac has a virus. The good news is that performing a Mac virus scan is very easy and if it finds anything, getting rid of the virus is very straightforward, too. All it takes is one thoughtless click on a link in an email or on a website, and your Mac could be infected. Your Mac may be safer from malware than the average Windows PC, thanks to its Unix core and Apple’s default security settings in the OS, but it’s not immune. Macs don’t get viruses, right? Wrong, sadly.
But to help you do it all by yourself, we’ve gathered our best ideas and solutions below.įeatures described in this article refer to the MacPaw site version of CleanMyMac X. So here's a tip for you: Download CleanMyMac to quickly solve some of the issues mentioned in this article.