avast! antivirus Mac Edition offers best-in-class protection against the latest and legacy virus, malware, trojan and spyware risks. Virus definitions and scanning capabilities are updated extremely 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. Install and forget: we've got it covered.
Some key feature of avast! antivirus Mac Edition:
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
Full scanner preference control - set avast! to work in the way you want
Limitations: 60-day trial.
License: avast! Mac Edition is available with one, two and three years maintenance updates (program and virus definition updates). See
author's site for complete details.
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