It also detects and quarantines PC malware on Macs, to prevent it from spreading. Antivirus ProtectionĪvast Free Mac Security keeps Macs free of malware using traditional signature-based detection and by unpacking Mac-specific formats and scanning them for malicious contents. It supports Macs running any version of OS X, as long as they have 128MB of RAM and 750MB of available disk space.
Costs and What’s CoveredĪvast Free Mac Security is free. Unfortunately, this software doesn’t offer any other perks that you can’t find elsewhere for free. Avast Free Mac Security's malware-squashing proficiency, negligible performance impact and included password manager make it the best free option.Īvast Free Mac Security provides very good antivirus protection for free, and it throws in email scanning on top.