VirusBarrier X9 offers solid performance and optimization on the Mac. Scans are fast, and I can easily use VirusBarrier without my Mac slowing down or with overall performance or compatibility issues, even on macOS Catalina (Intego has also stated that all of their apps will be fully optimized for macOS Big Sur).
The user interface in VirusBarrier is also the most Mac-friendly user interface I’ve seen yet. VirusBarrier offers a combination of on-demand (quick or full), scheduled, and real-time scans (I have VirusBarrier set to run a full scheduled scan once a week, a quick scan after every update, and I have real-time scanning enabled, plus to scan mounted external drives).
Intego mac internet security x update#ĭefinitions updates through NetUpdate are easy to update manually or automatically on a user-defined schedule. One can mark certain files as “trusted files” to exclude those from scans if need be. VirusBarrier now also offers protection for Windows PCs, plus it can scan iOS and iPadOS devices plugged into a Mac (although such a feature isn’t widely used). Virus protection seems solid for protecting against Mac malware according to the virus labs. VirusBarrier didn’t offer solid Windows virus protection in the past (which was one drawback from the app), but it does now (although we need to see some additional results from virus labs on testing). VirusBarrier support informed me that it does protect against ransomware.