Avast settings for mac software#

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Avast settings for mac software#

Siccing it on drives loaded with other anti-virus products, Avast found test malware IвЂ™d downloaded that had wound up in cached files that the anti-virus software on those volumes missed. It did as well with malicious files on the web, though it didnвЂ™t detect some items at the WICAR test site that require active local components to be dangerous. Immediately on decompression of macOS malware from an encrypted archive, Avast detected it, deleted it, and notified me.

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