F-Secure also costs $39.99 per year, but that subscription lets you install it on three PCs, whereas most others offer one license for the same price. It's a good deal. Note, though, that while a subscription costs $59.99 per year, that price lets you install protection on all your Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS devices. F-Secure's minimalist main window boasts plenty of white space.

F-Secure will show you how many licenses you have left and ask which kind of device you want to secure, be it yours, a child’s or a friend’s. After you choose, F-Secure will ask you if you want to download the installer directly onto your machine or email it to another. The installer is lightweight, only 1MB in size, and installation finishes in under a minute.

Product information on vendor’s website: Online support. Overall There is quite a lot to like in this product. However, it appears a little of a “bundle of items” rather than a wholly integrated security platform. Although we like the facility to check that the built-in security capabilities provided by the modern browsers has been properly implemented, we would have been happier with a set of browser extensions provided by Intego themselves. The other functionality in the bundle is definitely useful. As such, there is a lot to find of value in this package.

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This is also where you can set the folder paths for ransomware protection. There are tabs for parental control and My F-Secure, but they only show links to the browser UI. In your browser, you can filter content, set time limits and manage your devices, though it’s largely an overview of your account. F-Secure is easy to use throughout, but that’s because it doesn’t provide much power. We felt at the mercy of what it would offer us instead of having an abundance of options to choose from. Too few options makes for a cleaner experience but at the price of power. We use hands-on testing and lab results to get an image of how well an antivirus performs.

F-Secure Anti-Virus for Mac is one of the simplest anti-virus packages around but it still provides a decent amount of features including firewall protection. It’s not the most comprehensive system in the world but serves you well if you want robust Mac virus protection.

Settings apply to all devices associated with the same child account. Note that to configure parental control for a child's Windows user account, you still must log into that account.

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The stub installer downloaded the actual installer, which took a while to complete. After that, it took more than 15 minutes before the product completed its initial round of updates. Simple Scan Clicking the Virus Scan button on the main window launches a full scan of your computer.

The main window has a rather dark (black and grey) design, which is not maintained through the rest of the app. However, it does not impede operation.

It also didn't flag and block programs that we knew were clean, a few of which often get caught up in the sweep a new anti-virus program executes. Easy to operate: F-Secure Anti-Virus is an easy to operate program once you have it installed. It should not present any difficulty, even for a first-time computer owner to use F-Secure to protect a computer against viruses. Cons Focus on selling: When installing the software, it becomes clear that F-Secure is focused first and foremost on selling you software. The button that allows you to sign up for a trial is hidden well below the fold, with all the options to purchase presented first. You also have to provide a lot of information before you're even allowed to download the trial.

Overall: I've had F-Secure for many years, and it is a company/ program I can trust. It is easy to navigate and does what it's supposed to. Pros: It can be used on up to 5 devices at the same time, and offers a high level of protection, for me one of the best, and after trying several I decided to keep this: it is effective and simple. Cons: Older computers may see their performance penalized, as this antivirus consumes a lot of resources. (In the modern computers you will not have that problem). Overall: Although there are other more popular antivirus, I love this one.

Most settings here are locked to prevent accidental status changes, which we liked. It is possible to temporarily disable the real-time scanning for a fixed period of time, default being 5 minutes. On the Browser Protection tab, you find that browser protection has been enabled, as is banking protection. It isn’t clear what “banking protection” actually does, and the help file doesn’t make this clearer. When you visit a known banking site, the system tells you that it is a banking site, so it is certainly recognising this.

I've cleared up their profiles as much as I can without having to Archive to.PST, Their profiles on Exchange are still around 5 Gig. Mac msn video.

Advertising is not intrusive, and you are left with the feeling that this is a useful free addition to any standalone Mac laptop or desktop computer. It is suitable for users of all levels, and appears to add value to the platform for no financial outlay. As such it is to be recommended. Part 1: Product Installation and Configuration Installation is relatively straightforward. Download the installer from the web site and run the installer package. The installer package includes an uninstaller routine, or this can be run from the app itself.

In daily operation, it works very well, and the user interface and general experience is positive. We liked the carefully designed UI which informs without being patronising, or overly complex. We liked the cloud-based management console, and clearly this allows a family or small business to view, manage, update and control their devices.

Adding 21 seconds (147/168 seconds) to the performance test – where 27.28 GB of files were copied to a Mac. This translates into a 13.3% load on the system.

However, it offers less than the best competing products, and if you need more than the minimum number of devices it costs more than the rest. At $69.99 per year for three licenses, F-Secure Safe looks to be below the usual price for a multi-platform suite. However, looks can be deceiving. Bitdefender Total Security costs $89.99 per year, but that gets you five licenses; F-Secure costs the same for five licenses. Norton Security Premium looks more expensive, at $109.99 per year, but to get the same ten licenses for F-Secure you'd pay $129.99. You get 20 Kaspersky Security Cloud licenses for $149.99 per year, compared with $229.99 per year for 20 F-Secure licenses.

Test Results The table below shows protection results for the products in the review. The figures for Mac malware protection indicate the number of samples blocked at any stage of the testing procedure, i.e. Regardless of whether the malware was detected/blocked in one of the on-demand scans, by real-time protection, or on-execution. Product Mac Malware Protection 310 Mac samples Windows Malware Detection* 1000 prevalent Windows samples Avast Security for Mac Free 100% 100% Avira Antivirus Pro for Mac 100% 100% Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac 100% 100% BitMedic Antivirus & Malware Security 99.0% 0% CrowdStrike Falcon Prevent for Mac 99.7% 0% F-Secure SAFE for Mac 99.7% 0% Intego Mac Premium Bundle X9 100% 0% Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac 100% 100% Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac 100% 100% Webroot SecureAnywhere for Mac 99.0% 45% * Detection of Windows threats on Macs can be seen as discretionary. Some products do not include detection for non-Mac threats or have limited detection capabilities due to technical constraints. A list of antivirus programs for Mac can be seen here.

Overall, it is a strong product that works well. Part 1: Product Installation and Configuration Purchasing and installing the app is not complicated, and the easiest route for installation is to log into My F-Secure and choose to install onto the current machine. This downloads the appropriate installer, which can then be run. One criticism that can be raised here is that the F-Secure web pages are really quite opaque as to what functionality you get, especially when comparing a cross-platform suite such as SAFE. There is an online tool which allows you to select capabilities important to you, and the website then recommends a product.

Parents can also define bedtimes for weekdays and weekends. Bedtime is a single span during which access isn't permitted, not the full grid found in the Windows-only product. Note, too, that time limits aren't cumulative across platforms.

Part 2: Ongoing Use By default, you see little of Avast in normal use. There is an icon on the top status bar, along with tools for SecureLine VPN and Avast Passwords if installed. You can choose to see basic status here, including the last status messages, or you can open the main Avast window. The main Avast window has a set of menu items down the left-hand side, and a minimal set of commands in the main Apple menu bar at the top (this does include an uninstall routine, which is useful). The main status window is clear and clean – you get a green tick mark, and confirmation that you are protected and that everything is up to date. There is an advert here to ask you to upgrade to Avast Security Pro, but it is not too intrusive.