Virus Scanner Plus 4+
Bitdefender SRL
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- £29.99
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Description
Virus Scanner Plus by Bitdefender brings the company's top rated antivirus technology to the App Store!
Stay safe! Keep others safe!
Scan running apps, scan critical locations or scan the entire system whenever you choose or activate Continuous Scan to keep Virus Scanner Plus running all the time. If you download an infected file or get one in the mail your Mac will be protected and your friends' computers safe.
Stay safe and keep other safe by not passing malware along.
Features:
- Award-winning Bitdefender antivirus engines;
- Detects OS X and Windows viruses alike;
- Updates to the latest version automatically if enabled;
- Quick scan option - rapidly scans system areas that are prone to infections;
- Searches for malware even in archives and other types of files i.e. pdf, pkg, zip, rar etc;
Also:
- Easy to use interface;
- Straight-forward security status and recommendations;
- Quarantines dangerous files;
- Deep system scan;
- Drag and drop scan of files or folders;
- Exclude files and folders from scan (i.e. Time Machine backups, etc.)
What’s New
Version 3.17
- Apple M1 compatibility.
- Improvements and bug fixes.
Ratings and Reviews
I'd like to keep it running...
...but it uses too many resources. I've had this as my main AV for almost as long as I've had a Mac (~10 years). On my Intel iMac it seemed to behave itself, running quietly in background. Only ever found issues with old (and archived) emails - suspect attachments that I would never need so I let it delete them.
But, when I switched to an M1-Pro Macbook, it started to consume memory - 1GB and gaining whilst in the background. My MBP has 16GB and I've never found it lacking memory (although I know I need more for some video editing FX - painfully slow but, fortunately, a rare need); but I'm wary of an app that I've seen grab over 10% of that in just a few days. Two options:
1) Kill it (or reboot) when memory is getting low; or
2) Recognise that, in >10 years, it's never triggered an alert that was significant (OK, I don't visit dodgy sites or click on links in random emails), so just use it as an on-demand scanner every month or so.
Option #2 - until Bitdefender can fix the memory leak.
uses lots of hard drive space
Used this for several years and it does a great job. However, recently while trying to work out why my disk space was running so low, I discovered that this software was using up 22GB of my hard drive.... it doesn't delete cache or archive and there is nothing in preferences to control this.
Doesn't work properly with Mojave
I've just update to Mojave and installed the latest Bit Defender update that apparently adds support for Mojave.
It doesn't work though - it keeps telling me to allow permissions for full disc access (which it has).
Hopefully a proper fix will be available very soon or I will be uninstalling it.
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Information
- Provider
- Bitdefender SRL
- Size
- 284.6 MB
- Category
- Utilities
- Compatibility
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- Mac
- Requires macOS 10.10 or later.
- Languages
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English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 1997-2020 Bitdefender. All Rights Reserved
- Price
- £29.99
Supports
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Family Sharing
Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.