InterfaceĪVG Antivirus for Mac offers one of the simplest interfaces out there. The average for all eight Mac antivirus products tested was 36:30. The longest time we saw was 72:45 (for Kaspersky) and the shortest was 1:25 (for Bitdefender). Avira Free Antivirus for Mac's 12.8 percent was the highest we recorded, and Kaspersky's 4.5 percent was the lowest.ĪV-Comparatives lab tested AVG AntiVirus for Mac's malware-detection skills and found that it provides practically perfect protection.ĪVG's full scans completed in an average of 40 minutes and 51 seconds, which fell in the middle of the times we recorded. You might notice that kind of slowdown if you're rendering video or playing games. With free antivirus for Mac, you are taking proactive steps to boost security from Mac-related threats and not worrying about sensitive information on your Mac falling into the wrong hands.During a full-system scan, the OpenOffice test finished in 2 minutes and 40 seconds, signifying a performance dip of 12.1 percent, the second highest full-scan hit we found. Couple this with privacy protection and the ability to share and manage computer security with multiple devices, and you have an antivirus that offers end-to-end protection. It also blacklists malicious websites, making sure you do not inadvertently connect to them. It then reverts data to a pre-tampered state. Sophos Home Mac antivirus protects your Macs from ransomware by shutting down processes that encrypt personal information. The focus of Sophos Home for Mac is to improve your Mac’s cybersecurity posture with enterprise-grade security that offers comprehensive protection against the widest range of threats, both known and unknown. Antivirus protection helps protect your Mac from threats posed by increasing attack surfaces and vectors.

Your Mac security should keep in step with rapidly evolving attack vectors such as phishing, identity theft, ransomware, trojans, rootkits and more. The tighter control exercised over the Apple ecosystem makes Macs more secure, but cyberthreats are growing more sophisticated by the day. Why does your Mac need antivirus protection?

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