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Apple Users

PJMcK

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2. Macafee is supposed to be pretty good

Reply to safeinOhio (Original post)

Wed Jul 4, 2018, 11:48 AM

Jul 2018

Which model Mac do you have? How old is your machine?

Something happened to my one-year old MacBook Air so that the Safari Homepage is set to something called "chumsearch" and it cannot be reset. I'm planning on trying the Macafee product when we get home next week.

Good luck and Happy Fourth!

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Long time apple user, but now I'm getting all kinds of crap on it. [View all] safeinOhio Jul 2018 OP

If you had it cleaned and are seeing this again, then Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #1

It may just seem like it to me. safeinOhio Jul 2018 #6

Macafee is supposed to be pretty good PJMcK Jul 2018 #2

If you must waste your money on AV software for the Mac, Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #3

Thanks for the advice! PJMcK Jul 2018 #4

You as well! nt Dr Hobbitstein Jul 2018 #5

Avast for Mac is free. eppur_se_muova Jul 2018 #7

I have been using Sophos for years now RocRizzo55 Aug 2018 #8

ive used avast on my 2 macs and avast before on my pcs and have had no slo down issues at all AllaN01Bear Jan 2019 #9

ClamAV CloudWatcher Jan 2019 #10

general comments on Javascript pertaining to Tetrachloride Feb 2019 #11

Thank you Tetra safeinOhio Feb 2019 #12

ty ty Tetrachloride Feb 2019 #13