Avira Free Antivirus for Mac 1.5.3

Avira Free Antivirus for Mac is a powerful security software designed to protect your macOS from online threats. With its multi-award-winning antivirus, privacy tools, optimization tools, and performance enhancements, Avira Free Security is the new power suite for Mac – designed with Apple’s latest technology stack.

One of the key benefits of Avira Free Antivirus for Mac is its smart scan feature. With just one click, you can check for threats, privacy risks, and performance optimizations. This makes it easy to keep your Mac running smoothly and securely.

The multi-award-winning antivirus included in Avira Free Antivirus for Mac blocks ransomware, spyware, adware and more. This means that you can avoid all online threats (ransomware, viruses, banking trojans, spyware etc.) with ease. The software also repairs or quarantines compromised files to ensure that your system remains secure at all times.

In addition to its powerful antivirus capabilities, Avira Free Antivirus for Mac also includes a VPN (Virtual Private Network) feature that anonymizes your web browsing. This encrypts your web traffic and secures all communications on any network (limit of 500 MB/month in the free version). It also assigns you a virtual IP address to mask your real location so that you can browse privately without worrying about being tracked or monitored.

Another useful tool included in Avira Free Antivirus for Mac is the Password Manager feature. This secures your online accounts by creating unique and secure passwords for all of them. It securely stores all of these passwords so that you don't have to remember them yourself – saving you time when logging into different accounts across various devices.

The Password Manager feature also auto-fills your passwords so that you don't have to type them out every time – making it even easier to use than ever before! Additionally it syncs across devices which means if there are multiple people using one account they will be able access their password from any device they use

Finally there's an optimization tool included in this software which cleans up junk files on your mac freeing up space on it as well as improving overall performance!

Overall Avira Free Antivirus for Mac offers comprehensive protection against online threats while providing users with additional features such as VPN services and password management tools - making it an excellent choice if security is important!

Avira Free Antivirus guards against malware without putting a strain on your Mac.

Pros

Clean interface: Avira Free Antivirus for Mac's minimalist dashboard presents a handful of controls for scanning your hard drive. You can initiate a new scan, schedule scans, view suspicious files, discover other Avira products, and customize security settings. The app also uses OS X's Notification Center to keep you informed of Avira activity.

Setting controls: Avira lets you decide when to delete performance-draining system activity logs. It also lets you set which files to scan, how aggressively to hunt down possible viruses, and the level of threat to identify -- from annoying to malicious.

Free: The Mac version of Avira's antivirus software is free. Avira's other security apps for Windows and mobile devices come in free versions and paid editions with a fuller slate of features.

Snappy: Past reviews dinged the app for lengthy download times and sluggish performance, but the latest version downloaded quickly and scanned and automatically updated its antivirus definitions imperceptibly.

Cons

At times too minimal: The icons along the left of the dashboard could do a better job of representing the capabilities contained on the tabs, and information on the tabs could be more descriptive. For example, the Real-Time Protection tab lets you toggle file protection on and off but offers no explanation of how the choices impact your Mac's security.

Bottom Line

Avira Free Antivirus for Mac is a worthy component of the company's respected antivirus software line, and according to independent testing lab AV-Test, the Mac version of Avira is a top security package. While Mac users can argue about whether Macs need malware protection, Avira Free Antivirus for Mac, with its austere interface and indiscernible hit on performance, is a low-risk guard against malware for OS X.