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 developer's own support forum. Read those reports and draw your own conclusions. In fact, I know of two such reports: one by ASC user Big Kev55 in this thread, and one by LizardMBP in this thread. Regarding the "malwarebytes" product in particular, you may be told that there are no reports that is has caused damage. You are not helpless, and you don't have to give full control of your computer-and your data-to strangers in order to be rid of 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.
But with all that anti-malware, the Windows and Android platforms are still infested with malware-most of it far more harmful than mere adware.
The Windows/Android anti-malware industry had more than $75 billion in sales in 2014 Its marketing strategy is to convince people that they're helpless against malware attack unless they use its products. Your own intelligence and caution are the only reliable defense. If you keep making that mistake, the same, and worse, will keep happening, and no anti-malware will rescue you. You become infected with malware by downloading unknown software without doing research to determine whether it's safe. 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. Anyone who has enough computer skill to install adware can just as well remove it without using anything else.Īpple doesn't endorse any third-party "anti-virus" or "anti-malware" product. The only tools that anyone needs to detect and remove adware are the Finder and a web browser, both of which you already have.
Under no circumstances should you ever allow anti-virus software to delete something for you. This is a general comment on that subject. Your question brings up the subject of removing adware.
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