avast! antivirus Mac Edition provides a complete enterprise-class anti-malware solution for the Mac platform that protects users valuable and irreplacable data and programs.
While also protecting Mac users direct data and programs, avast! Mac Edition also helps to prevent the passing on of virus infectors to their PC using friends and collegues, by detecting such threats, that might be innocuous on the Mac platform, but can be passed on to other platforms in heterogeneous environments.
avast! provides a central scanning service with adjustable priority and remote accesability, with access via TCP or UNIX sockets.
The product`s modular architecture means the GUI can adopt new features provided by the scanning deamon architecture automatically.
avast! Mac Edition allows autorun after start, on-demand, on access and mail antivirus protection. Chesting and repair tools are built in.
avast!`s legendary unpacker/packer/archive support is also fully supported on the Mac platform.
avast! Mac Edition supports standard template pre-setup for most needed / wanted preferences, to make installation and use, particularly in a corporate environment, painless and industry leading in approach.
avast! antivirus Mac Edition offers a complete antivirus, antispyware and antimalware solution for the Mac platform.
Here are some key features of "avast!":
· Universal binary (the same application works on both PowerPC and Intel architectures)
· Central scanning service, with adjustable priority and remote accessibility
· Access to the scanning service via TCP or UNIX sockets
· Modular architecture (can adopt features of newer daemons automatically)
· Auto-run after startup
· On-demand, on-access and mail antivirus protection
· Chesting/manipulating/repairing tools for dealing with infected/suspicious files
· Rich and extensible archiver support
· Engine with almost identical capabilities to the Linux/windows version
· Report generators for on-demand and on-access scans
· The same antivirus database as used in avast! for windows
· Automatic (scheduled) and manual updating
· User-friendly interface and one-click-to-install (with no need for restart)
· Standard Install/Upgrade features
· Templated pre-setup for most wanted preferences after installation
· Drag???n???drop scanning, bindings between on-access and on-demand scans
· Infected/protected/clean mail are marked directly in the Inbox using different colors
· Mail messages can also be scanned on demand
· Attachments can be scanned upon request
· The scanning speed on PowerPC CPUs is the same as on Intel CPUs
· Automatic announcements when new critical updates are released
· Protection against downloading of forged/modified antivirus databases
· Uses license files or can run in a 60-day free trial-mode after first installation
· Known filetypes are shown with their corresponding icons
· Set of user-selected preferred paths for one-click or automatic scanning (incoming directories etc)
· All alert windows are cumulative, with summary results (thereby avoiding multiple pop-up windows)
Requirements:
· Intel-based Mac (or PowerPC G3 or higher)
· 128 MB Ram (256 MB pref)
· 50 MB free space
Limitations:
· 60-day trial
What`s New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· avast! Mac beta is a new model, not a facelift of the current product. It comes with three separate shields ??? Web, Mail, and File system - and an on-demand scanner. The Web Shield is a completely new build, monitoring and filtering all HTTP traffic from the Internet before sending it on to the browser.
