# MacScan

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{{Short description|Anti-malware software for macOS}}
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{{Infobox software
| name = MacScan
| logo = 48px|MacScan icon
| screenshot = 200px|MacScan screenshot
| caption = MacScan running on [Mac OS X v10.4](/source/Mac_OS_X_v10.4)
| developer = SecureMac.com, Inc.
| released = 2016
| latest_release_version = 3.3<ref>{{cite web|first1=SecureMac|last1=Inc|accessdate=2020-04-23|title=Download SecureMac Security Software - Official Downloads for MacScan & PrivacyScan|url=https://www.securemac.com/download|website=SecureMac}}</ref>
| latest_release_date = March 12, 2020
| operating_system = [macOS](/source/macOS)
| genre = [Spyware removal software](/source/Spyware_removal_software)
| license = [Shareware](/source/Shareware)
| website = {{URL|https://www.securemac.com/macscan}}
}}

'''MacScan''' is anti-[malware](/source/malware) software for [macOS](/source/macOS) developed by SecureMac.

==Features==
SecureMac runs on Apple [macOS](/source/macOS). It scans for and removes malware (including [spyware](/source/spyware), [Trojan horses](/source/Trojan_horse_(computing)), [keystroke loggers](/source/Keystroke_logging), and [tracking cookies](/source/HTTP_cookie)). It also scans for remote administration programs, like [Apple Remote Desktop](/source/Apple_Remote_Desktop), allowing users to verify that such programs are installed only with their authorization.

The full version is available as [shareware](/source/shareware).

Unlike other anti-malware applications available for Mac OS X (and other systems), MacScan scans exclusively for malware that affects Macs, as opposed to scanning for all forms of known threats, which would include Windows malware. Given that there is considerably less [macOS malware](/source/macOS_malware) than Windows-based malware, MacScan's definition files are smaller and more optimized.

==See also==
*[List of Macintosh software](/source/List_of_Macintosh_software)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.macworld.com/article/3064291/software-security/macscan-3-review-easy-to-use-software-stomps-out-malware-tracking-cookies.html 'Review: MacScan 3'], Macworld, May 3, 2016
*[http://download.cnet.com/MacScan/3000-8022_4-88351.html?tag=downloadRatingModule;summaryRatings 'Review: MacScan 2.9.4'], CNET Editor Review, February 26, 2013
*[http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/mac/MacScan-Review-104310.shtml 'Review: MacScan 2.6'], Softpedia, February 15, 2009
*[http://www.brighthub.com/computing/mac-platform/reviews/22561.aspx 'Review: MacScan 2.6'], Brighthub, January 15, 2009
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117150529/http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/smallbusiness/0901/gallery.cool_macworld_apps.smb/5.html '6 hot Macworld apps for business'], CNN Money, January 7, 2009
*[http://www.macworld.com/2006/07/reviews/macscan21/index.php 'Review: MacScan 2.1'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127110008/http://www.macworld.com/2006/07/reviews/macscan21/index.php |date=2007-01-27 }}, Macworld, July 17, 2006
*[http://www.laptopmag.com/review/software/securemac-macscan.aspx 'Review: MacScan 2.5'], Laptop Magazine, April 22, 2008
*[http://www.macworld.co.uk/macsoftware/reviews/index.cfm?reviewid=2591&pagtype=allchandate 'Review MacScan 2'], MacWorld UK, May 14, 2008
*[http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/macscan-your-trojan-lesson/ 'MacScan and Your Trojan Lesson'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321185231/http://www.applematters.com/index.php/section/comments/macscan-your-trojan-lesson/ |date=2007-03-21 }}, Apple Matters, April 27, 2006

Category:MacOS security software
Category:Spyware removal

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