Sunday, February 2, 2014

Most Popular MacBook Antivirus Software- By Sara Omran


With the advancement in technology, threats of viruses in your laptops and desktops have also increased. Today, as compared to 10 years back, complaints by internet users of viruses and malware has increased at an alarming rate. But like every problem has a solution, preventing your operating system from viruses and malware is also possible. Some of the most famous antivirus and malware protection software (according to users' reviews and rating), among the MacBook
 users are:-
1.    Avast: Avast, a freeware antivirus and malware protection program supports Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard), Mac OS X 10.8.x (Mountain Lion), Mac OS X 10.7.x (Lion) and Mac OS X 10.9.x (Mavericks). File System Shield in Avast scans every single file that is run on your MacBook, to protect your Macbook from different kinds of viruses and malware that you have unknowingly downloaded. Features like SafeZone (for safe and secure Banking and Payments), Silent Firewall (for protection against hackers' attacks), Anti-Spam (for protection from scam emails and against phishing), are the most appreciated features of Avast. The Avast (Mac Edition) includes an on-demand scanner, a mail scanner and an on-access scanner. The best thing about Avast is that it offers a very user-friendly interface.

2.    Avira: Introduced by a Germany based security firm, Avira is another freeware antivirus program which is highly rated by MacBook users. By using Avira, MacBook users can scan their entire system or a specific part of their system, for viruses and malware. With the on-demand scanning, Avira also offers a scheduler (built-in), which helps you to keep your system up to date. In addition to this, Avira also offers a feature known as Real-time Protection. This real-time protection can scan all files (when accessed) to ensure that between scheduled scans, no virus or malware corrupts your system. Avira's Mac Edition is available to be downloaded free from its website.

3.    Bitdefender: Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac can be bought for just 29.95$ from Amazon. You can also download a 30 days trial version of Bitdefender from their official website. Like every other antivirus program Bitdefender can scan your entire system for malware and viruses. Bitdefender is capable of detecting the infected files and attempts to disinfect them. If Bitdefender fails to disinfect the corrupted file then it simply quarantines them.
Note: the above mentioned malware and virus protection programs and software are the most famous programs (based upon the consumer's reviews and ratings).
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