- Besides the World’s most popular antivirus for Windows, Avast is offering a comprehensive antivirus for Apple Mac OS X (Macintosh). The product is called Avast Free Mac Security 2018 (version 11) and same as the Windows version it’s completely for free.
- Avast Free Mac Security. When it comes to Avast Free Mac Security, Avast and AVG belong to the same Avast family. Avast is one of the largest security companies in the world and protects over 400 million customers in more than 150 countries worldwide.
Avast Or Avg For Mac
To first of all to answer the ever re-appearing question 'I have a Mac, do I really need antivirus?': Yes, you do. It does not need to be a virus that affects OS X, you could inadvertendly cause an infection of others by you forwarding or sharing infected files. If you are in business and infect your customers, that is the sure way out of business.
I do not share the experience of any slow-downs by Avast at all. To the contrary, the use of cycles of Avast seems to be much less than other antivirus I have used over the years.
Apart from the ransomware shield and webshield, I particularly appreciate the e-mail shield of Avast, as we have been subject to a barrage of phishing and malware loaded e-mails, which all other antivirus did not detect. While I am certainly capable of identifying problematic e-mails, my associates may not. DIY also consumes precious time.
I don't share the experience of excessive invasiveness by Avast. In fact, I experience no invasiveness at all.
At the time of this writing, based on my experience, Avast antivirus is the best for Mac, in my opinion.
Hey, I'm new to this forum so cut me some slack if I do something stupid! Yes, I know that this question has been asked many times in many forums but all that I can find is old and outdated reviews. I wish that someone (not just someone who tests the products for a week or so) but an actual user would post something on a forum about these two products (avast! and AVG, both free). I get the feeling from reading reviews that AVG used to be a lot worse but it has gotten better since the release of 7.5. I've also heard that avast!, has gone way down and that it isn't as good as AVG anymore. I'm curious which the best one of these two is, and since many people put links to reviewer's websites in their replies in forums, only put modern reviews in there, not ones from 2004 or something with extremely outdated versions. As everyone knows, products change with new releases and so the old reviews no longer matter. Thank-you very much, I look forward to reading your responses and continuing my time on these forums!
Matt Segstro
Avast Download For Mac
Free Avg Mac
Since Avast's acquisition of AVG a couple years ago, this product and Avast Security (for Mac) are now, if not siblings, at least cousins. On the PC side, the two free antivirus products are.