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<blockquote data-quote="SpiderWeb" data-source="post: 1092853" data-attributes="member: 88686">I think I settled for a 3rd party AV for now. Kaspersky PlusTried:<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">K7 Ultimate - Nothing wrong with it. Extremely light. Fast scans. No web protection. Just wanted to try something with more features on macOS</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Malwarebytes Premium - Simple and fastest scans of them all. Slows down browsing, apps and file access when real-time protection is on.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Norton 360 - Great detection. Slows down apps and browsing, does not protect you during startup. Some features not working. Absolutely love LifeLock.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bitdefender - Actually my favorite. Lightest on macOS. But does not offer scheduled scans (????) and does not protect network drives unless you manually scan.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Eset Premium - Best feature set, but all locked behind Premium price tag. Way too expensive in comparison to:</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kaspersky Plus - Settled for this because it protects network drives with scheduled scan, scans network devices. Light. No firewall unfortunately.</li>
</ul>All of these are severely reduced down versions of what you get on Windows. They are so limited, I think even the free Windows versions have more features sadly which honestly explains why nobody on macOS can be bothered paying for an AV. I cannot justify the price tag on any of them for the feature set. But, Kaspersky Plus is free for the rest of the year and they detected Pegasus so I will have it on my system until it gets nerfed by the US government.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SpiderWeb, post: 1092853, member: 88686"] I think I settled for a 3rd party AV for now. Kaspersky Plus Tried: [LIST] [*][B]K7 Ultimate[/B] - Nothing wrong with it. Extremely light. Fast scans. No web protection. Just wanted to try something with more features on macOS [*][B]Malwarebytes[/B] [B]Premium[/B] - Simple and fastest scans of them all. Slows down browsing, apps and file access when real-time protection is on. [*][B]Norton 360[/B] - Great detection. Slows down apps and browsing, does not protect you during startup. Some features not working. Absolutely love LifeLock. [*][B]Bitdefender[/B] - Actually my favorite. Lightest on macOS. But does not offer scheduled scans (????) and does not protect network drives unless you manually scan. [*][B]Eset Premium[/B] - Best feature set, but all locked behind Premium price tag. Way too expensive in comparison to: [*][B]Kaspersky Plus[/B] - Settled for this because it protects network drives with scheduled scan, scans network devices. Light. No firewall unfortunately. [/LIST] All of these are severely reduced down versions of what you get on Windows. They are so limited, I think even the free Windows versions have more features sadly which honestly explains why nobody on macOS can be bothered paying for an AV. I cannot justify the price tag on any of them for the feature set. But, Kaspersky Plus is free for the rest of the year and they detected Pegasus so I will have it on my system until it gets nerfed by the US government. [/QUOTE]

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