A scanner of any kind is a tool that user chooses among several options in App Store based on community review, is preferably open source, with parameters that user sets, and content and specific directories that user would like to scan. In many cases, people don’t want to install any scanner. The job of a virus scanner in particular is to protect the user.
Apple’s scanner is not installed by user, can scan for arbitrary information, is closed source, uses an unknown database and harms most users.
It’s more like a virus or Trojan than a virus removal program.
A scanner of any kind is a tool that user chooses among several options in App Store based on community review, is preferably open source, with parameters that user sets, and content and specific directories that user would like to scan. In many cases, people don’t want to install any scanner. The job of a virus scanner in particular is to protect the user.
Apple’s scanner is not installed by user, can scan for arbitrary information, is closed source, uses an unknown database and harms most users.
It’s more like a virus or Trojan than a virus removal program.