Review by NoVA Music Lover

I’ve used a variety anti-virus products over the years, from the whimsically permissive to something that feels like your computer is in a maximum security prison and this products strikes a nice balance of ease of use with good security.

Installation was easy and once the system was rebooted and fully updated, I tried a variety of tasks and didn’t notice much impact to system usability (disclaimer: I have a dual-quad core Mac Pro). I did notice that one of the CPUs was fully pegged while doing the regular scans, so I tend to schedule those very very late at night so it has minimal impact on the usability of the system.

The initial virus scan took what felt like ages, I have several multi-terabyte drives tucked away in the system and it took quite some time for the software to get through all of them.

For the average Mac user, Norton AntiVirus is a good choice for basic system security.