Does anyone know if there's antivirus software that supports Early 2009 Mac Mini (El Capitan)? All major antivirus software such Avira, Avast, and Sophos no longer support this older MacOS.
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Antivirus software for Early 2009 Mac Mini?
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Are you sure about that? The Avast free antivirus for Mac website specifically says it supports El Capitan.
https://www.avast.com/en-us/free-mac-security
"We’re not demanding. All you need is a Mac running macOS 10.11 (El Capitan) or later"
Yes thanks, the Avast DMG install failed for El Capitan. But I'll give it another go in case I missed something.
Give ClamXAV a try. The virus definitions list (which gets updated regularly) is now a subscription-only service, but I’ve been using it on older Macs since it was still donationware — including on an early ’09 MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard.
From Avast during install: "This software requires Mac OS X version 10.13.0 or later". My El Capitan is at 10.1.6, but thanks as it looks like Avast, Avira and others must have recently dropped El Capitan.
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Bummer. Hopefully MRT and XProtect are enough for now. Silent Knight can help you keep them up-to-date.
https://eclecticlight.co/2016/05/04/silent-night-el-capitans-security-settings-files/
Of course, your Mac Mini is supported by @dosdude1's patchers for High Sierra and Mojave. Of the two, unless you really need Dark Mode, I'd recommend High Sierra (10.13).
http://dosdude1.com/software.html