If you were tricked into loading the virus, a Mac may not protect you. My wife almost got tricked into loading malware onto her Mac a few weeks ago.
Yes, I allowed myself to be tricked.
I had an Adobe file already opened in another window. I had no reason to believe it wasn’t genuine. I assumed it was an update to make the text in the window more friendly to the eye.
I was wrong. And it didn’t take me long to find out.