Intego VirusBarrier X5 - Macintosh
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Product Description:
Don't let viruses infect your Mac, get Intego VirusBarrier X5. You may think your Mac is safe from common Windows ailments that viruses cause, but there is still the danger of existing viruses or new viruses spreading to your Mac and damaging your files. VirusBarrier thoroughly protects against viruses and malware of all types, coming from infected files or applications, whether on CD-ROMs, DVDs or other removable media, or in files downloaded over the Internet or other types of networks. It constantly examines all the files that your computer reads and writes, as well as watches for suspicious activity that may be the sign of viruses acting on applications or other files. Whenever a new virus is discovered, Intego's Virus Monitoring Center goes into action to provide updated virus definitions, which you can download using Intego NetUpdate. You'll have access to virus definition updates for one year from the date of installation; after that you can buy additional subscriptions to extend your access to virus definition updates.
File analysis by the Intego Virus Monitoring Center Improved virus scanner Real-time and on-demand virus scanning New proactive and behavioral analyses Quarantine zone to isolate infected files Improved logging for better scan analysis Scheduling of scans at multiple times Automatic launch of scans when volumes are mounted or when virus definitions are updated Command-line control for remote scans Deactivate Windows virus scanning Unlimited access to technical support from Intego by e-mail Virus definition updates for one year from the date of installation. After that, you must buy additional subscriptionsSystem Requirements Mac OS X v10.4 or v10.5 or later 40MB free hard-disk space
Don't let viruses infect your Mac, get Intego VirusBarrier X5. You may think your Mac is safe from common Windows ailments that viruses cause, but there is still the danger of existing viruses or new viruses spreading to your Mac and damaging your files. VirusBarrier thoroughly protects against viruses and malware of all types, coming from infected files or applications, whether on CD-ROMs, DVDs or other removable media, or in files downloaded over the Internet or other types of networks. It constantly examines all the files that your computer reads and writes, as well as watches for suspicious activity that may be the sign of viruses acting on applications or other files. Whenever a new virus is discovered, Intego's Virus Monitoring Center goes into action to provide updated virus definitions, which you can download using Intego NetUpdate. You'll have access to virus definition updates for one year from the date of installation; after that you can buy additional subscriptions to extend your access to virus definition updates.
File analysis by the Intego Virus Monitoring Center Improved virus scanner Real-time and on-demand virus scanning New proactive and behavioral analyses Quarantine zone to isolate infected files Improved logging for better scan analysis Scheduling of scans at multiple times Automatic launch of scans when volumes are mounted or when virus definitions are updated Command-line control for remote scans Deactivate Windows virus scanning Unlimited access to technical support from Intego by e-mail Virus definition updates for one year from the date of installation. After that, you must buy additional subscriptionsSystem Requirements Mac OS X v10.4 or v10.5 or later 40MB free hard-disk space
Features:
- Detects and eliminates all known viruses
- Repairs infected files
- Heuristic and behavioral analysis
- Blocks virus execution
- Scans e-mails on receipt and sending
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: 
- What does it detect??? It didn't catch my test.
I bought this about 5 months ago.I was always concerned because I never found a list of viruses that it checks for.I decided to test it.I put a PC virus on a thumbrive and scanned it with VirusBarrier.It didn't catch it. It gave me the all clear with the most current definitions.Both Norton and McAfee 2009 easily caught it. I'd stay away from this product.
Not sure if it catches anything.
Rating: 
- doesn't seem to be a memory hog
I like it better than I do Norton, for antivirus protection on my Mac. I have it set to run at a certain time during the week when I'm online, and it hasn't slowed down my connection or my computer like Norton did, andupdates areeasy. I would recommend it, and I'll purchase it again at the end of one year.
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- subscription renewal price
why is it that no place on their web site (or any place elsewhere it is reviewed) is there any mention of the cost of the one year renewal price for the virus signatures? it would make a difference if it was $20/year or $200/year.
UPDATE: if you're interested, i wrote to them and they said $19.95 (as of 12/02/2008). the original comment still stands though ...
Rating: - Always Works!
Good software - always works (but I have never gotten a Virus on a Mac).
Rating: - Virus Barrier
This is a very fast product, and having it run in the background is a big plus.It is easier to set up and use than NAV. It does conflict with Time Capsule/Time Machine if you use it, but there is a very easy solution. Go to the Virus Barrier preferences, click on the Scanner icon, then put the "sparse barrier" file (from Time Machine) into your Trusted Zone and it will then run without conflicts.
- What does it detect??? It didn't catch my test.I bought this about 5 months ago.I was always concerned because I never found a list of viruses that it checks for.I decided to test it.I put a PC virus on a thumbrive and scanned it with VirusBarrier.It didn't catch it. It gave me the all clear with the most current definitions.Both Norton and McAfee 2009 easily caught it. I'd stay away from this product.
Not sure if it catches anything.
- doesn't seem to be a memory hogI like it better than I do Norton, for antivirus protection on my Mac. I have it set to run at a certain time during the week when I'm online, and it hasn't slowed down my connection or my computer like Norton did, andupdates areeasy. I would recommend it, and I'll purchase it again at the end of one year.
- subscription renewal pricewhy is it that no place on their web site (or any place elsewhere it is reviewed) is there any mention of the cost of the one year renewal price for the virus signatures? it would make a difference if it was $20/year or $200/year.
UPDATE: if you're interested, i wrote to them and they said $19.95 (as of 12/02/2008). the original comment still stands though ...
- Always Works!Good software - always works (but I have never gotten a Virus on a Mac).
- Virus Barrier This is a very fast product, and having it run in the background is a big plus.It is easier to set up and use than NAV. It does conflict with Time Capsule/Time Machine if you use it, but there is a very easy solution. Go to the Virus Barrier preferences, click on the Scanner icon, then put the "sparse barrier" file (from Time Machine) into your Trusted Zone and it will then run without conflicts.
