Independent antivirus testing labs around the world regularly put popular antivirus tools to the test and report their findings to the public. The Windows edition features an unusual round Scan button at the center, with icons floating at the top for other feature areas. This product's main window bears no real resemblance to the layout of Trend Micro Antivirus+ Security on Windows. A menu of icons down the left side lets you dig into the various security layers Trend Micro offers. You'll find simple switches to turn on and off several major features, including web protection, real-time scanning, and camera and microphone protection. If any important features are turned off, the display changes to an orange exclamation mark. After a quick antivirus update, the product is ready to start protecting your Mac.Ī big green checkmark in Trend Micro's main window lets you know that everything is fine, security software-wise. It also needs full disk access to do its malware-cleaning job. Like most Mac antivirus tools, it needs your permission to install web protection for Safari.
You can enter a product key during installation or run Trend Micro as a free trial. If for some reason (old hardware, perhaps) you must run an antique version of macOS, you might consider ClamXAV (for Mac) or ProtectWorks, which both extend support back to Snow Leopard (10.6), or Intego, which supports Mavericks (10.9) or later. Most Mac users keep their OS up to date, so this shouldn't be a problem.
Like Kaspersky, it now supports macOS Mojave (10.14) and later.
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