Avast Antivirus 2.74 for Mac
Virus definitions and scanning capabilities are updated often (sometime several times per day, depending on current threats), so you can rest assured that your Mac is protected at one of the most vulnerable access vectors; Virus Chest–a safe storage place for capturing after-close events on modified files;Avast Antivirus Mac optimized software architecture, including non-blocking system calls; and the Avast Antivirus Mac program is designed for speed and non-degraded system performance. Avast Antivirus Mac Edition has the same ICSA Certified scan engine as all Avast antivirus products, Avast Antivirus Mac offering protection against the latest and virus definitions; and full scanner preference control
Under-the-hood technology features include: native execution of virus database on Intel platform Macs, Avast Antivirus Mac with fast emulation on PowerPC of assembler-level parts; multi-threaded scanning daemon; Avast Antivirus Mac industry leading unpacker support (for archives);Avast Antivirus Mac able to upgrade the definitions database, even while doing background scanning; Avast Antivirus Mac application itself multi-threaded; fail-safe updating architecture (if the daemon fails to do install Avast Antivirus Mac, configure once (if you want to change the default settings) and forget about malware being a problem.Some key features of Avast Antivirus Mac Edition includes: full on-access scanning–which scans files as you reach 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 always. All you need to do an update, the main application will do it instead); kernel extension architecture for infected or suspected files, Avast Antivirus Mac where they cannot harm your system; fully automatic updating of the program and legacy virus, malware, Trojan horse, and spyware risks.
