"Macs don't get viruses and malware," they said.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > Haus of Tech Support > "Macs don't get viruses and malware," they said.

CaptainSarcastic: Jul 6, 2013

I'd check Activity Monitor or whatever the latest flavor of Mac OS X calls it (it's one of the utilities that they seem compelled to rename with every version of the OS). It can be found in the Utilities of the Applications folder, and is rather like Process Viewer in Windows. It should provide a way to find things running that shouldn't be.

Also, check the web browsers for malicious plugins and extensions.

As a final note, it looks like Avast has a free Mac version, too.

http://www.avast.com/en-us/free-antivirus-mac

I've always had a good experience with Avast on Windows, but can't vouch one way or the other for the Mac version.

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