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Thank you alvarnell for your reply. The other third party antivirus was Trend Micro. I know the other third party antivirus for MAC which is Intego but I don't know much about them. Apple seems to highly recommend Malwarebytes over any other third party antivirus.

I am inquiring about Malwarebytes real time protection. I had another third party antivirus software on my MAC. The antivirus had an update which partially caused a Kernal Panic. I had to have my MAC wiped clean and then have a fresh reinstall of Mojave. The third party antivirus apparently clashed with the already built-in malware and antivirus in the OS. I have been reading and told due to the already built-in security, third party security can cause conflicts in the OS. Apple Technicians highly recommend Malwarebytes and told me using the free version and running an occasional scan will suffice. I am curious about if real time protection is really necessary and how this would be different from any other third party antivirus.