To install and use DetectX, follow these instructions: By comparison, MalwareBytes Anti-Malware for Mac and BitDefender, two other anti-malware applications which I recommend, both require OS X Mavericks (aka OS X 10.9) or newer. DetectX is particularly useful if you have an older Mac since it runs on Macs that are running older operating systems like OS X Snow Leopard (aka OS X 10.6). It will get rid of several known troublemaking apps as well as other miscellaneous adware. I recently discovered an app designed to get rid of many different types of malware.
None of this is good or helpful for your productivity. Not all of these apps are malicious, but for the sake of simplicity, I’ll call them malware here. Malware behavior ranges anywhere from giving annoying pop ups all the way to tracking keystrokes on your Mac. Has your Mac suddenly become slow or started having trouble doing the usual daily tasks? If so, you might have some accidentally installed app that isn’t helpful to your Mac.
