- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (60-day trial); $39.95 to buy
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.4 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
- Date added: February 09, 2008
- Total Downloads: 69,526
- Downloads last week: 1,541
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- Average user rating: stars out of 7 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 7 votes
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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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4 out of 4 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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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Avast Antivirus 2.74
"THIS IS A HORRENDOUS PRODUCT."
Pros: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
Cons: this product is horrendous, it does not work and is impossible to delete from your mac unless you spend hundreds to get a "key" that is free for Windows users but YOU have to buy. Avast is not worth your money or your time, do not ever download.
Summary: Do not ever download this product if you are a Mac user. The company is very deceitful about its ability to work on a Mac and its versatility. This is a bad choice for an antivirus product if you are a Mac user!!!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Avast Antivirus 2.74
Pros: None. Well, I guess it doesn't take much disc space.
Cons: Takes forever. Crashes often. Useless.
Summary: Don't bother.
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6 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Avast Antivirus 2.74
"Can NOT describe how a waste of my time this has been"
Pros: not very much to like..I can't get rid of the "expired license" all that happens when I click "change license" resulting in a mobious circle around absoluterly no result!
Cons: B4 my first year expired and I got railroaded into pissing away $107. for the MacOSX home version all I can say is the first year seemed to be flawless..I got trapped in to spending over $100 of my SSA pension I have NO antivirus protection.
Summary: I have WASTED dozens and dozens of hours trrying to get this "fixed" all I got was a short e mail from avast that insulted my intelligence...I have sent AVAST dozens of appeal to correct the problem OR RETURN MY MONEY so I can afford to buy a servi... read more >>
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