avast! Free Antivirus for Mac

Antivirus programs are usually expensive or ineffective, so you either have to pay a large amount of money to secure your system or make due with incomplete security measures. avast! Free Antivirus for Mac is well known for its balance between price and quality, just like its Windows counterpart. It offers adequate protection measures against malware and viruses for the excellent price of free, as the name points out.

Although you have to follow a wizard's instructions to install avast! Free Antivirus, the operation is straightforward and quick. Once the program is up and running on your Mac, you can just let it work in the background and focus on other tasks. All the recommended settings are made by default, but if you want to make some changes, you can bring up its user interface through a menu bar icon or by running its executable.

In terms of appearance, avast! Free Antivirus for Mac is clean and efficient. The few controls it presents are neatly organized on different pages, which can be accessed via navigation tabs, on the left side of the interface. A status page presents the overall state of the program's security measures. It lets you know if everything is up to date and if the shields are working, in just a few words.

The program comes with automated blocking mechanisms, for files, mail and miscellaneous web contents. Each of these shields will immediately block suspicious files, emails or web pages, without asking for any user input. Of course, you can change the default actions and set up exceptions for each shield. These protection measures are aimed at incoming threats, to prevent infections, but you can also scan your disk if you wish to look for existing infections. The software allows you to opt for a full system scan, a removable volume scan or a custom scan, if you wish to scan specific folders.