iAntivirus1.1.4

Please do not get me wrong over what you are about to read, since I have huge admiration for developers who create great apps for the Mac as Shareware or Freeware (and occasionally good value Commercial) downloads. My concerns over this are: 1. Anyone subscribing to MacUpdate is smarter than the average bear, thus: 2. Anyone subscribing to MacUpdate knows the advice already posted by ZBOB - the best anti-virus defence is planted between your ears, and 3. How responsive can the developer guarantee to be when (NOT IF) an OSX virus gets into the wild? It takes a significant amount of monitoring and resource to implement an update to the filtering. The developer, PC Tools, offers no information about its history, size or structure on its web site. For all I can tell, this is a script-kiddie working from a garage. And the name PC Tools suggests a Windoze oriented operation, despite well-written copy telling me that everything is Mac oriented and does not bloat the apps database with Windoxw only virii (aka "viruses" for the illiterate). I know that Macs are in the frame for attacks from the e-vermin, and I also know that every single major AV vendor has given up trying to flog their wares to Mac users, for good reasons: there has, until now, been no credible threat. The time is therefore right for a dedicated and serious Mac software developer to come out with a product, that if it delivers, could easily become dominant. Meanwhile, I will not download this valiant (maybe?) attempt, as the cynic in me says that this is more likely an attempted sale based upon FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt = buy now; better safe than sorry.

I'm running iAntivirus Free Edition without any serious problems. What advantage would accrue from my upgrading to the paid-for edition?

iAntivirus have not realtime protection ! Why i wont install him ?

There's something really hinky about AV software that requires on to go to the MacCrapStore to get updated malware definitions. Various other free AV ware, including ClamXav and Sophos, update via the app and can do so on a daily basis.

Is this a subscription app, disguising itself as a freeware title? I wouldn't mind my paying a one-time fee of $50 or whatever. I'll never buy a subscription app. Symantec made its Mac version of anti-virus app a subscription app a few years back.

In my opinion, based on previous history, Symantec never gives anything away for free without some ulterior motive from which they can profit.

"Updates available regularly through the App Store to help detect the latest breaking threats". By the time the update gets "approved" by the Appstore the whole planet has got infected.

While the older reviews about the discontinued iAntivirus of PC-Tools have nothing to do with this NEW iAntivirus, which seems to be supported again, it would perhaps be a good idea for MacUpdate to remove all old reviews, or at least the ones that warns others that it's not being supported anymore. It would give this program a fair chance.

Well how about that? Norton revived this and made it a free offering. Thought it was DOA. It is what it says, "Essential". No real time scanning. I'd like to see Norton Safe Web added to this. It does scan your Facebook wall, but there was already an app for that. So far, it's been stable, scans relatively fast, but I have a lot of files, so any scanner will take awhile. I'm giving 4 stars as it's easy, stable (so far) and stays out of the way. Just keep in mind it's not a full fledged solution.

Don't use this, it has been canceled!!! Too bad, but true!

WARNING!!! Although it looks like you can still purchase and download iAntivirus, it has not been updated in some time. If you look at their threat list, it is missing EVERY new Mac malware that appeared in 2011! (For example, MacDefender and its variants and Flashback.) DO NOT USE!

Tried ClamXAV in 08 when I first got my mac, didn't like it and then started using iAntivirus. It never picked up a virus or indicated an alert (I guess that is a good thing for me, not sure about the software) It does take up RAM and Memory thought nothing significant, though sometimes it does take too much and I just disable it. A couple of days ago, the website was down, you can read the post here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1013253 Links provided by fellow MacRumor members indicate the unreliability of iAntivirus.

since the last update came out a year after they were acquired by Symantec, I think its safe to say they're still developing it.

First time I used that I said: "THE BEST FREE ANTIVIRUS EVER MADE for a Mac"; after that I got errors in UI (look the logo's imperfections), 100% cpu requested and sometimes endless scans plus a lot of console errors. PCTools after being acquired by Symantec stopped iAntivirus' develop. That's bad.

This AV application has turned out to be a very well designed product, which comes with excellent documentation. iAntiVirus leaves a smaller memory footprint than other Mac-based AV products I've used, yet iAV provides fast, comprehensive, scanning options which can be easily tuned to meet individual system requirements. A really fine addition to your SL-based system; and this little gem is FREE!

I, also, have the issue of my MacBook Pro's temps sometimes shooting up and fans spinning at over 5000 rpm when "Protect My Mac" is on. When checking Activity Monitor, I find that iavd is at nearly 100%. Turning "Protect My Mac" off brings temps back down and fans back to idle speed (2000 rpm). Hope the developers find a fix for this issue. Other than this one problem, iAntivirus seems to work ok and is fast. It hasn't found any viruses, yet, but that's because there aren't any active ones in the wild at this time, but I do like to keep an anti virus program available and run it once in a while.

works great on 10.6.1, scans literally 10x faster than macscan and actually found the trojans that were giving me problems unlike macscan which found nothing

I installed iAntivirus a few days ago, and started having problems with my Belkin USB Network control center software. I kept getting a message regarding "sxuptp driver has not been installed." After some searching I discovered this error was somehow connected with i Antivirus. After uninstalling it I have had no further issues with sxuptp driver messages. Rag

The new iAntiVirus by PC Tools continues to work nicely with background scanning (and no apparent slowing of the system), easy interface, fast updates and there is a free version. The weaknesses of ClamX AV are its fairly complex interface, weakness in providing much automatic protection. Although ClamX AV is also free. I have always used an antivirus, not because it is really needed at this time, but to be familiar & comfortable using an antivirus if & when it is really needed. Norton AV and Intego AV are both good, and while the purchase prices are not too bad, the annual virus definitions subscriptions are way too expensive.

The lengthy list of viruses/malware on the developer's page is misleading; there are a number of old viruses for OS 9 and the Classic environment, yet this software only works on Intel machines with Leopard, which of course cannot run the Classic environment.

Have had it installed for several hours now. I have noticed no problems. Uses about 40 MB of RAM for application and a background program. Quick scan was pretty quick. Even the full scan was not too bad, about 45 min for hard drive with about 55 GB of data. No noticeable system impact. Interface is user friendly. It is free for home users. I switched from Intego Virusbarrier, which uses more than twice the RAM and has a weird and confusing interface with the current version. Plus its annual subscription renewal is expensive.

STILL THE SAME PROBLEM "Installation failed. The installer could not install some files in "/". please contact ..." - iMac Intel 10.5.6

Installation failed The installer could not install some files in "/." iMac Intel 10.5.6

Please do not get me wrong over what you are about to read, since I have huge admiration for developers who create great apps for the Mac as Shareware or Freeware (and occasionally good value Commercial) downloads. My concerns over this are: 1. Anyone subscribing to MacUpdate is smarter than the average bear, thus: 2. Anyone subscribing to MacUpdate knows the advice already posted by ZBOB - the best anti-virus defence is planted between your ears, and 3. How responsive can the developer guarantee to be when (NOT IF) an OSX virus gets into the wild? It takes a significant amount of monitoring and resource to implement an update to the filtering. The developer, PC Tools, offers no information about its history, size or structure on its web site. For all I can tell, this is a script-kiddie working from a garage. And the name PC Tools suggests a Windoze oriented operation, despite well-written copy telling me that everything is Mac oriented and does not bloat the apps database with Windoxw only virii (aka "viruses" for the illiterate). I know that Macs are in the frame for attacks from the e-vermin, and I also know that every single major AV vendor has given up trying to flog their wares to Mac users, for good reasons: there has, until now, been no credible threat. The time is therefore right for a dedicated and serious Mac software developer to come out with a product, that if it delivers, could easily become dominant. Meanwhile, I will not download this valiant (maybe?) attempt, as the cynic in me says that this is more likely an attempted sale based upon FUD - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt = buy now; better safe than sorry.

I forgot to say that there are some inconveniences with this software, but it's still young, so I expect that it will be improved in the next versions.

So I'm officially confused. It's listed here and on their website for $29.95, I understand that. But when I go their home page for this, in the title bar it clearly states: Free AntiVirus for Mac. I took a screenshot in case they change it, but as of right now, it still says that.