- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (60-day trial); $39.95 to buy
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.4 PPC/Intel/10.5 PPC/Intel
- Date added: February 09, 2008
- Total Downloads: 113,192
- Downloads last week: 7,008
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- Average user rating: stars out of 10 votes
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Publisher's description
From ALWIL Software :Avast Antivirus Mac Edition has the same ICSA Certified scan engine as all Avast antivirus products, offering protection against the latest and legacy virus, malware, Trojan horse, and spyware risks. Virus definitions and scanning capabilities are updated often (sometime several times per day, depending on current threats), so you can rest assured that your Mac is protected at all times. All you need to do is install, configure once (if you want to change the default settings) and forget about malware being a problem.
Some key features of Avast Antivirus Mac Edition includes: full on-access scanning--which scans files as you access them, to make sure they are safe from infection; on-demand scanning--for scheduled or ad-hoc scans of your system volumes; mail protection-integrated mail protection can stop infection at one of the most vulnerable access vectors; Virus Chest--a safe storage place for infected or suspected files, where they cannot harm your system; fully automatic updating of the program and virus definitions; and full scanner preference control
Under-the-hood technology features include: native execution of virus database on Intel platform Macs, with fast emulation on PowerPC of assembler-level parts; multi-threaded scanning daemon; industry leading unpacker support (for archives); able to upgrade the definitions database, even while doing background scanning; application itself multi-threaded; fail-safe updating architecture (if the daemon fails to do an update, the main application will do it instead); kernel extension architecture for capturing after-close events on modified files; optimized software architecture, including non-blocking system calls; and the program is designed for speed and non-degraded system performance.What's new in this version:
Mac+PC special license
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 1.1 stars out of 10 votes
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avast Antivirus 2.74
Pros: Heard it has won awards in Europe, but that may be for the PC version.
Cons: Installation is a hassle. It doesn't run smoothly. It's not ready for prime time. It was a hassle to uninstall and get rid of it. Support was discourteous.
Summary: avast! for Mac is like an alpha product. It has potential, but if a security product is buggy, how do I know I can rely on it? I bought a license, but it appears they won't refund. I've now installed Symantec. Not my favorite company, but installati... read more >>
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Version: Avast Antivirus 2.74
"Unable to install on MacBook Pro"
Pros: I can't say, as I was not able to get it to work.
Cons: Not easy to download and install.
Summary: I was not able to use either the free program or the Mac + PC pro that I paid for.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avast Antivirus 2.74
"Not a great choice for Mac users..."
Pros: Very small footprint...
Cons: Very hard, if not impossible, to remove from your system. I had the paid program for a year. When i discovered how much it was going to cost to renew I switched to ClamXav.
Summary: I started out with Norton but renewal was super expensive and I had some problems with the amount of resources it takes to run, and the amount of space it requires, I used another paid program for a year. Renewal was again very expensive. Then I tr... read more >>
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Avast Antivirus 2.74
"It worked for me - after a fashion"
Pros: easy install
simple interfaceCons: incredibly slow. need to switch off many default settings but still it calls up mail
Summary: It did what I wanted but took a long time to scan 250 GB. - left it to run over the weekend. First trial would not fix viruses and gave unhelpful messages. Downloaded update and then it would. Can't see why this should be but it did work and found... read more >>
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Avast Antivirus 2.74
Pros: There is nothing to like about this application.
Cons: Just doesn't work, at, all.
Summary: Waste of my time downloading & deleting. For Mac users, if you can't delete avast when it's in your trash (something about socket or MacAvast file still in use), you have to RE-download avast, run it, go to preferences & uncheck everything i... read more >>
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