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Re:macOS Kernel Extensions are officially deprecated by smcleod on Thursday February 06, 2020 @01:08AM (#22253790)
You shouldn’t be installing third party antivirus on macOS (or BSD/Linux for that matter), they are little more than another path the kernel and root user space. MacOS has its own built in malware / virus protection.
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Re:macOS Kernel Extensions are officially deprecated by self_awareness on Thursday February 06, 2020 @07:00AM (#22255375)
What should I say to my parents when they enter a website that advertises some kind of diabetes wonder drug and they download some crap and try to run it? That they shouldn't install AV because it potentially opens an attack vector? Do you think they will know what it means?

Also, do you mean XProtect? https://eforensicsmag.com/72717-2/

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