diff --git a/docs/os/macos-overview.md b/docs/os/macos-overview.md index 270bdc8c..02cea2d4 100644 --- a/docs/os/macos-overview.md +++ b/docs/os/macos-overview.md @@ -163,10 +163,7 @@ macOS apps downloaded from the App Store are required to use the [App Sandbox](h ##### Antivirus -macOS comes with two forms of malware defense: - -1. Protection against launching malware in the first place is provided by the App Store's review process for App Store applications, or *Notarization* (part of *Gatekeeper*), a process where third-party apps are scanned for known malware by Apple before they are allowed to run. -2. Protection against other malware and remediation from existing malware on your system is provided by *XProtect*, a more traditional antivirus software built-in to macOS. +Protection against malware on your system is provided by *XProtect*, an antivirus program built-in to macOS. We recommend against installing third-party antivirus software as they typically do not have the system-level access required to properly function anyways, because of Apple's limitations on third-party apps, and because granting the high levels of access they do ask for often poses an even greater security and privacy risk to your computer.