Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac avoid registering any false positives, meaning all its malware detections were accurate, but this was true of its competitors as well. Avast, Bitdefender, Norton and Trend Micro all scored 100% in AV-Test's March-April 2021 evaluations.

Intego Mac Internet Security X9 was not tested at that time but achieved a Mac malware-detection rate of 98.5% in AV-Test's November-December 2020 round. In order to determine the overall efficacy of Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac's malware scanning, we relied on the Germany-based AV-Test lab and Austria-based AV-Comparatives lab, which conduct regular evaluations of major antivirus apps and services.ĭuring the May-June 2020 round of testing by AV-Test, the most recent time it was evaluated, Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac detected 100% of Mac malware as well as more than 99% of potentially unwanted programs for Mac and more than 99% of Windows malware, which sometimes lurks on Macs.ĭuring that same round of testing, Avast Free Mac Security (100%), Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac (98.8%), Norton 360 Standard (100%) and Trend Micro Antivirus for Mac (100%) at best matched Kaspersky's perfect performance. Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac: Antivirus performance Customers can choose whether to upload anything detected as potentially dangerous to the Kaspersky Security Network, but regardless of whether or not you participate, you benefit from the malware database, which is updated daily.

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