

The free version of Malwarebytes doesn’t provide real time protection such as antivirus suites like AVG. Viruses on Mac are still very rare and require totally different solutions such AVG which we looked at in our AVG for Mac Review. Malwarebytes is designed to remove malware (including adware which is a type of malware) only which is a far bigger problem on Mac than viruses. Viruses generally cripple or infect your entire system while malware generally plagues you with ads, slows down browsing or at worst, steals your private data or even hijacks your Mac. There is a distinct technical difference between viruses and malware. It’s important to understand from the start that the free version of Malwarebytes for Mac is not an antivirus tool.

The recently released Premium version even offers antivirus and adware protection too. Malwarebytes For Mac is the best free malware and adware removal tool we’ve tried on macOS.
