I used to do some work-from-home things, and in order to do that I was required to install and maintain an anti-virus program. I chose the Intego software.
I retired several years ago, so I don’t need Intego anymore. I finally uninstalled it last week.
I recall that some time ago you posted instructions on how to turn On Apple’s anti-malware downloader that software like Intego turns off.
Would you mind posting that again?
Glad to do it, Jim
You can check the status of the OS X Gatekeeper protection by invoking your Terminal (use Spotlight and merely type Terminal and hit return). Then at the UNIX™ prompt type:
spctl --status
Note the double N-Dash before the command status.
That will report either "assessments enabled" or "assessments disabled".
If it is disabled, you can turn Gatekeeper back on by entering the following command:
sudo spctl --master-enable
It will require entering an Administrator Name and Password to activate Sudo. That will reactivate Gatekeeper. To turn it off, if for any reason you want to, enter the following:
sudo spctl --master-disable
Also requiring an Administrator permission.