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1. Avast For Mac Review

• Pros Fast full scan. Certified by one antivirus lab.

Good detection of Windows malware. Marks dangerous links in search results. • Cons Poor score in antiphishing test. Repeatable crash in testing. • Bottom Line While it may not be the best protection against phishing websites, Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus (for Mac) is by far the fastest Mac antivirus scanner we've seen. After years of feeling sure that wasn't necessary, Mac users probably aren't too happy to learn that's just not the case anymore—if it ever was. Having to pay for one more thing is irksome, and having an antivirus eat up system resources or get in the way of other activities would be adding insult to injury.

Avast For Mac Review

Webroot SecureAnywhere Antivirus (for Mac), with its low-profile installation and super-fast scanning, looks very attractive from this point of view, though it didn't score well in my antiphishing test. Webroot handles installing its security extensions for Chrome and Firefox very smoothly, with minimal user interaction required. It warned that a browser restart might be required, but I when I installed it on my test system, I found that the extensions worked right away, with no restart. More than any other Mac antivirus I've seen, Webroot's main window looks almost exactly the same as that of its Windows counterpart. The only immediately visible difference is that the Windows edition includes a toggle for its firewall component, something not included on macOS. Most of the window is tinted in shades of green, but a large white panel reports details on the latest scan and the next scheduled scan, with a big button to launch a full scan on demand.