Avast Free Antivirus for Mac is Avast's answer to concerns about how to browse safely. The application is packaged with a brand-new, easy-to-understand graphical user interface, with access to all features available at single click. The application's onscreen tools are well-organized, and its live graphics enhance the feeling of safety -- you can see that the antivirus software doesn't sleep and is always working to protect you from any viruses circulating on the Web. Avast's free software provides three shields to protect your computer: a file system shield, an e-mail shield, and a Web shield.

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Mac Tip #6 — Install extra cybersecurity. Apple’s security protocols are terrific, but to stay a step ahead of sophisticated cybercrime, you really need to augment with additional security and privacy software, such as: Antivirus. Installing a strong antivirus for Mac is an excellent step in defending your digital life. In this situation, we can safely turn off Avast antivirus for some time to perform our job. Turning off Antivirus is not advisable, but if your important job got hamper, you can go ahead and do it. Always remember to turn on Antivirus after your job is over.

With all three representing a door to your computer, Avast does a great job of watching these entrances. However, this comes at a cost, and we don't mean money: as soon as you launch the app, you'll notice a slight drop in your computer's performance, which is due to Avast being at work scanning your entire computer for infected files.

Secondly, it affects your browser's performance, as it also scans the pages you attempt to navigate to for viruses through the extensions it installs in Safari, Firefox, and Chrome browsers. We did find its notification feature handy, as it informs the user about its actions, so you'll always know what the software is up to. Overall, Avast Antivirus for Mac is a nice addition to your Mac toolbox. It's free and very easy to use. Reply by Avast Team on September 25, 2017 Hi, gav357123.

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We're sorry to hear you weren't pleased with our software. It was designed to make your computer faster, not slower, so we're concerned to hear you had issues. We'd like to learn more about this so we can look into it. Please contact us at avast-team@avast.com and include any observations, error messages, the version of your Mac OS, etc. Easy to follow uninstall instructions can be found here: -Avast Team. Reply by Avast Team on July 13, 2016 Hi there, Thanks for trying Avast on your Mac! Avast! free antivirus for mac usb.