Apple’s Mac computers might not be as safe as once considered. As per a report by Malwarebytes, developer of anti-malware software for Windows and macOS, Macs faced twice as many malware threats per endpoint compared to Windows PCs in 2019. Before you go ahead and download anti-malware software on your Mac, read on to figure out how Malwarebytes come to the conclusion.

Most of the malware threads faced by Mac users were adware. Adware is often disguised as free software like a new browser tab page or Mac tune-up software like MacKeeper and MacBooster. Once installed, adware tends to inject ads in different apps and tries to generate revenue. Adware was the number one threat for all platforms in 2019, but for Mac, it showed a significant increase compared to Windows.

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Malwarebytes says that it saw an increase of 400 percent more Mac threats in 2019. The number of threats increased from 4.8 per endpoint in 2018, to 11.0 per endpoint in 2019. However, Malwarebytes also attributes the increase in number of threats to an increase in the number of Macs that used Malwarebytes in 2019, allowing for a significantly higher number of data points for its report.