Found it a few days ago. Pretty surprised I didn't hear about it coming to the Mac sooner. Anyway, I used it for all my Windows machine with great results.
Just wondering what everyone elses' thoughts are compared to the other AVs out there?
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While I hate to say that I won't be much help here since I don't use this software, I will say that you may not get many (if not at all) responses to your question as Anti-Virus software isn't commonly used on Macs. Do you have any real reason to use it? Are you in an environment that has been threatened?
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
I tried it and it broke some applications I was running and access to my servers. So I ended up uninstalling and restoring from my TM backup.
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I've been using avast for years (the free versions) but now it seems that starting from ver.7 it's going to be non-free. Probably going to switch to MSE.
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Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!
if only I could use MSE on OSX
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I use the free version of Sophos. Runs great and isn't noticeable.
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I don't use anti-virus in OS X though, just windows machines. It's never let me down yet. The only other one I've considered has been eset, but haven't really had any reason to switch. -
I install Avast on any Windows machine I can get my hands on
Customizable, decent protection, and for free.
On OSX I use ClamAV. It's an on-demand scanner. Meaning, if I think a file might be suspicious, I scan it before opening. Nothing running in the background during surfing/downloading though. -
I find Avast horrid under Windows, so if I had any reasons to use an anti virus program under OS X I'd pick anything but.
Who is using Avast?
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by kentl901, Jun 18, 2012.