With each new release, macOS has only grown more secure from unauthorized tampering.
In recent years Microsoft has made great strides in protecting its Windows operating system, but owing to macOS's original concept as a multi-user, multitasking operating system incorporating a fundamental requirement to keep users separate from one another, it was never as vulnerable to begin with. Early Microsoft Windows versions were notoriously vulnerable to unauthorized modifications and malicious interference, which gave rise to a cottage industry of 'anti-virus' software companies responding to a need for the operating system security Microsoft neglected to provide.Īpple and Microsoft's respective operating systems were originally conceived and developed completely separately, for use with completely different hardware, and their evolution has only diverged since their inception. Many of them are from new Mac users whose previous computer experience was limited to traditionally virus-prone Windows PCs. Questions regarding the use of 'anti-virus' or similarly categorized 'Internet security' products frequently arise on this site.
