All your Mac security checks in one app

Firewall, startup items, camera and mic alerts, ransomware warnings and more. Each one explains what it found in plain words.

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One licence, three Macs.

The Aegisrook Overview: items to review, recent events, and a tile for each check.

Every feature at a glance

Select a feature to read more about it.

Control which apps can go online

The first time an app tries to reach the internet, Aegisrook stops it and asks. Your answer sticks, for the whole app or just one website.

See which apps are online, how much they send, and which countries their servers are in. Add blocklists of known malware and phishing sites with one switch.

Some Apple system traffic doesn't pass through any app firewall, so Aegisrook can't see it.

More about the firewall

More about the network monitor

The Network page: a world map of where apps connect, and the apps that are online with how much each has sent.

Know what's running, and what starts with your Mac

Every program running right now, with who made it. The ones from unknown developers are marked.

Everything set to start with your Mac, in one list: login items, background items and scheduled jobs. When something new appears, you're told who made it, and you choose to keep it or move it to the Trash.

Removing a startup item stops a program starting by itself. It doesn't uninstall the program.

More about startup items

Running Apps: a program from an unknown developer listed to review, and the other programs grouped by who made them.

Know the moment your camera or mic turns on

An alert names the app as soon as the camera or microphone turns on, and a history shows which apps used them, and when.

macOS doesn't always say which app turned the camera on. When it doesn't, Aegisrook says so instead of guessing.

More about camera and microphone alerts

Camera and Mic: whether the camera and microphone are on now, and a history of which apps used them and for how long.

Find out if anything is watching you

Spy Check looks for files leaving your Mac, apps that can see your screen or read what you type, and traffic being sent somewhere it shouldn't.

Each answer says what was checked. When it can't tell, it says that too.

Text expanders and window managers need keyboard access for good reasons. Each one is listed with who signed it, so you can tell them apart.

Spy Check: whether files are leaving the Mac, whether anything can watch the screen or keyboard, and whether traffic is being redirected.

Early warning if files start being encrypted

Aegisrook watches your personal folders for files being encrypted, and optional decoy files raise the alarm the moment they change. It can also pause the program doing it.

Not sure it works on your Mac? Run the safe test: it writes a few harmless files the way ransomware would, shows you that they were caught, then cleans up.

A backup is still the only reliable answer to ransomware. This buys you time; it doesn't replace Time Machine.

More about Ransomware Guard

Ransomware Guard: its settings, including decoy files, and the folders being watched for files being encrypted.

Scan for known Mac malware

Scan your Mac with Apple's own malware rules, and add VirusTotal and ClamAV if you want a second and third opinion. Each one explains what it is, what it checks and what leaves your Mac: for VirusTotal, only a file's fingerprint, never the file.

Aegisrook isn't an antivirus engine. Brand-new or targeted malware can get past all three.

More about the virus scan

Known limitations

Virus Scan: a scan of the Mac using Apple's malware rules, with optional VirusTotal and ClamAV checks.

Check the security of your network

See the networks you've joined, with checks on your router and DNS. Get an alert if an unknown AirTag or tracker is moving with you.

Using a VPN? Aegisrook checks that it's on, that your website lookups go through it rather than leaking to the network, and tells you if it disconnects while you're on public Wi-Fi.

More about the Wi-Fi and VPN check

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth: checks of the DNS servers, the router, AirDrop and Wi-Fi encryption, with AirDrop flagged as open to everyone.

Know if someone used your Mac while you were away

Turn on Away Mode when you step out. When you come back, you'll see whether your Mac was opened or anything was plugged in.

Away Mode: turn it on before you walk away, and choose what sets it off, such as opening the lid or plugging in a USB device.

More checks and tools

Additional tools included with every licence.

Know who can read your typing

Every program that can read the keyboard, with who made it. A new one from an unknown developer raises an alert.

Watch it all as it happens

Live Activity lists apps starting, connections, camera use, downloads and devices as they happen. Simple shows only what's worth a look.

Find apps that could be hijacked

Finds apps that load code from places another program could write to, and code that was swapped after the app was signed.

Remove apps completely

Removes an app along with the settings, caches and helpers it leaves behind. Everything goes to the Trash, so you can put it back.

See which apps have access

Which apps can use the camera, see your screen or reach your files, and an alert when one is newly given access.

Spot risky extensions

Browser extensions, system extensions, and the tools AI apps such as Claude and Cursor can run. One that downloads and runs code is flagged.

Warnings for remote-control scams

Installing AnyDesk or TeamViewer raises an alert that explains the tech-support scam these apps are used for.

Check a file or link first

Who signed a file and whether Apple notarized it. For a website: blocklists, look-alike names and how new the domain is.

Look up any Mac program

Common macOS programs explained: what each is, who makes it, and what happens if you block it.

See if Mac's own protections are on

FileVault, the macOS firewall, Gatekeeper, software updates and backups, each with what to do if it's off.

A weekly summary

A short note once a week, and an export of the full history whenever you want it.

Report a false alarm

On every alert. It writes the report on your Mac, and you read it before anything is sent.

Find out what's really running on your Mac

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  • macOS 14 or later
  • Apple silicon and Intel
  • Notarized by Apple
  • One licence, three Macs