CyberByte Antivirus for Mac

The scanning speed is also an important element. Slow scan speed means the time to complete a full scan is longer and your Mac resources are used at maximum. At last, even if your antivirus software has a good database, it is useless if it does not have Active Protection. This feature is crucial because it is constantly monitoring your Downloads folder - this is the place where your Internet browser is downloading any file. If a potentially malicious file is downloaded, it will be identified by the Active Protection module and will report back to you.