XProtect is Apple’s Mac virus detection system which keeps your Mac safe. Here’s how the protective macOS feature works.

XProtect is macOS’s malware scaning tool.

XProtect is macOS’s malware scaning tool.
Viruses and other malware are a constant threat to computers, which web surfers have to work around every time they go online.
A computer virus is a small piece of code that gets silently installed onto your computer. One where it runs or embeds itself into other software and causes havoc.