Posting scores that bettered, or matched, its rivals in this group test. The next two tests were a return to form for Avast. Turning this feature off will result in a greatly-increased download time. This clearly adds a huge delay to file downloads, but theoretically could offer increased protection to your Mac. This means its scanning files as they’re downloaded to your Mac, not once they’re downloaded. A 125% increase.Īvast explains that the poor score in the download speed test was due to the Mac Antivirus being set up to immediately validate during downloads. During the download speed test – where the recorded base time is 56 seconds – Avast added a huge 70 seconds to the total. Sadly, the next test wasn’t as kind to Avast. This was the fourth best time out of the nine Mac Antivirus suites tested. Adding only three seconds to the clean Mac’s perfect score of 147 seconds (when tasked with copying 27.28 GB of files). The program followed its good score in malware detection with another decent score during the system load test.
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Putting it on a par with five of the other Best Mac Antivirus software suites. It detected 100% of the malware it was exposed to during tests. See for more.Īvast performs its primary job well. The test is concluded with a Potentially Unwanted Applications test – PUAs are apps with excessive advertising, messaging or privacy policies. This is followed by a false positives test to make sure non-harmful files aren’t flagged as dangerous. Next, we measure the load AV software puts on a Mac’s performance. The first test is a regular malware detection test. Testing Mac Antivirus software is a split into four major sections. To find out more continue reading our Avast Security for Mac review. Testing the program’s ability to detect malware, PUAs, False positives and also the impact the software has on a Mac’s system load.
Here we examine how Avast’s Mac antivirus software performs compared to its high-end rivals. Avast is a well-known and respected name in internet security.
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