Antivirus One - Virus Cleaner App Reviews

Update 08/26/2016 Everything is good I don’’t see any negatives I have it on my Mac Mini (2 of them), Macbook Pro (2011), iMac (2011) and all are/appear “safe” So this is a good app and I hope I don’t get something like ransomeware or drive by malware My 27” 2011 iMac wife uses and it was performing a full scan, said 2 “virus like” things found, deleted. They were in attachments in emails. UPDATE:04/02/2016 Ok it seems like there is no way to have this startup automatically unless you tell it to. Then it enables real time scan So seems to be working as intended. Up’ed to 5 stars from 4 =======03/31/2016 Ok Avira, it seems ok but that constant guard is cause my little mid-2010 Mac Mini to slow sometimes Anyway I was not sure because it didn’t or doesn’t pick up anything So I uninstalled it and installed this one. NOW, it came up and said I have ONE virus……..ok It is a (Office 2011 Mac) word doument that ends in .docM (as in Macro) So I deleted it Now I have a 2011 27” iMac next to me (wife who is a graphic designer) and I put it on there…. running full scan because she always used Outlook until I finally switched her to using just Mail Outlook was always having problems and having to rebuild index that was like >1GB because of her wanting to keep emails from like 5 years ago (with attachments) This scanning it is hanging on a .olk14MsgAttach file……can not read the entire file name but it has to be something and some of those attachments she has/had were > 100Mb I see the ScopedBookmarkAgent running……had to see what was. It is when you allow this to access the /User folder, it is running outside of it’s SandBox…. All of our machines are OS X 10.11.4 right now, so I see it is holding up on older equipment running ok for now So will see….what if anything it says on her machine. She got a virus/malware one time like 3 years ago on the 21” she had (2010 until the motherboard went toast, so she got my 27”) and it caused a lot of problems Good thing I keep the TimeMachine on RAID1 external drives that are 1TB and only do the /User Folder, so she had backups from months before available to get from. Will see how this program works. It’s not that I don’t trust things (programs) that are from outside Apple’s walled garden, but I can never tell 100% if they are TRUELY having my best interest and not leaking data to China or Russia. This also has the Web Gaurd Extension for Safari (which is all she uses and she is not as technical as me, because it’s what I do 50% of the time) and she would click a link in a email from a “friend” and not really pay attention if it was something that ended in .OM instead of .COM Which are/have been the .OM websites with drive by malware So will see……. Again, it seems to be in my best interest and if it comes out good after a week or so, will up to 5 stars.

it did a good job I can’t complain

Love the app. Easy to use! Thanks!

Rated this ap 4 Stars … 1st time I used it. Found no virus. Will have to use further to increase rating. Appears to be a good ap. No hangups.

. . . because either I had no viruses on the Mac before I ran the app, or else the app can’t find them because they are so well hidden from the app. Because I have no problem with the machine’s performance, I will take it that the Trend Micro app confirms what I suspected all along, namely, there is nothing harmful on my machine that has escaped the Trend Micro anti-virus app’s ability to detect it.

I installed Dr. Safety as I finally decided to run a well-rated virus/malware checker just to see what it would show up. I installed the free version of Dr. Safety and since I’ve been running it (a couple of months a few times a week) nothing has been detected. Given the rather low number of OS X targeted malware so far (knock on wood) that’s not unexpected. I’m also careful about obvious phishing stuff, etc. So practically, the full scan is a bit slow but not bad at all and I can work at the same time its running. I like the log of events it maintains (though mine is empty). Until I see it actually find a problem I can’t say how effective it is. But since its free, simple to install, and easy to run I would not hesitate to try it initially if you suspect you have a problem. Other reviewers have found it effective .

Good app, but I would like to know how to get the viruses off my computer.

I installed this to clean some malware I had gotten on my Mac. Worked great and quickly. Much less cumbersome than virus scanners on PCs.

It got rid of all of the nasty viruses I had just in time for school

Could not be easier to use. Have had zero glitches, problems or ‘bugs of any kind since downloading this little helper. Quick and (apparently) thorough, I recommend the ‘Doc’ to anyone and everyone. Thanks Trend Micro! You have a winner here.

I downloaded the app, ran a scan, and when I saw I had a virus I successfully bought a one-month subscription. However, no matter how many times I tried, the app could not detect that I had purchased as subscription and would not delete the virus. I even restarted the application, hit the “restore purchase” option, and everything. Do not buy!

Needed a new virus checker for my Mac (running OS X 10.11.6). Mixed reviews for this product should have been a warning but I hoped that the complainers were inexperienced Mac users. Apparently not the case. (1) Downloaded the free version, since they don’t seem to have a paid version in the app store. (2) Installs easily, runs first time easily, claims to find items to remove. (3) Requires you to upgrade to remove. (4) Purchase the upgrade in the app. Confirm purchase in App store. (5) App continues to ignore the fact that you have purchased the upgrade through the app itself. Cycles endlessly through the "upgrade to fix” sales pitch. Software is clearly useless because of this bug/process/FAIL if you want to use it to correct problems. I do not recommend downloading unless all you want to do is verify if your Mac is safe from unwanted software, since it doesn’t seem to be able to be upgradable to the purchasable version that will actually fix the problems it claims to detect.

If you’re looking for a free antivirus app, this isn’t it. Don’t waste time downloading it. You can scan your computer, but have to pay to fix any viruses detected. They should really change it to advertise the price of this app rather than mislead people into thinking it’s a free antivirus app. I wasted my time downloading and scanning.

This one of the best adware and virus scanner I have ever used. It’s quick and easy to use also easy to understood. So far this system has not found any virus or spy ware to delete. I run this system everytime I use my Mac. Just to be on the safe side.

The free version of this app has found viruses and adware on my computer that other apps were unable to find. It is a quick and clean program.

found viruses that other cleaners couldn’t and works great

It does its tasks quickly. easily and well done.

Works very quickly and very easily. Kind of annoying that it asks (doesnt require) for a rating (either Like or Dislike) until you do rate it, but if i was a dev i’d also want my product reviewed. So I cant really hold that against them :P I have yet to find any viruses on my computer or from downloaded files that I plan on copying to a windows machine. But im a fairly Web cautious person so that doesnt surprise me.

The scan was fast ands thorough. I recommend this app for your computer.

I really enjoyed the ease of use and the job performed. I work in IT and I am very concious on internet browsing so I sort of expected a 0 viruses result but still checking it with ease helps a lot. Definitively recommend it!