Avira Free Antivirus

Avira Free Antivirus offers one of the best antivirus security systems out there, for the excellent price of free, as the name points out. It takes about one or two minutes to have the program up and running, so if you need protection against viruses fast, without having to waste too much time and money, Avira Free Antivirus is definitely worth looking at. Also, thanks to its real time protection capabilities and other features, you don't have to interact with the program too much.

The user interface has a clean design and its controls are very well organized on several pages, which you can access instantly via navigation tabs, located on the left side. A status page displays notifications about issues that require your attention. You can either go to the corresponding page and fix the issues yourself or simply click a button on the status page and let the program take care of everything for you. If everything is in order, you will find options for performing a full or quick scan.

Besides full and quick scans, Avira Free Antivirus supports custom scans as well, which allow you to scan folders of your choice, on a local or removable drive. The best part is that Avira Free Antivirus comes with a real time protection feature, which automatically blocks any incoming threats, regardless if they come from the Internet or from a connected portable drive.

Another useful feature is the program's scheduler. If you are serious about your Mac's security, you can schedule period scans. The program can be set to scan automatically every day, at a specific hour, every week, on a certain day and at a specific hour and you can also set it to scan every few days. It is also possible to schedule automatic updates in a similar manner.