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How do I install Avast Cleanup Pro?

Follow these steps to install Avast Cleanup Pro from the Avast website:

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1. Download and run the Avast Cleanup Pro setup file.
2. Double-click the Install Avast Cleanup Pro icon in the dialog which appears.
3. Follow the on-screen setup instructions.
4. Use your Touch ID or enter your system credentials, then click Install Software.
5. Click Close to exit setup.

For detailed installation instructions, refer to the following article:

How do I activate Avast Cleanup Pro?

Avast Cleanup Pro is automatically activated when you purchase a subscription from within the program. However, if you purchased a subscription via another Avast product or sales channel, then you need to manually activate your subscription by entering the activation code located in your order confirmation email. If you are re-installing Avast Cleanup Pro, or installing Avast Cleanup Pro on another Mac, then you also need to manually activate your subscription using an activation code.

To manually activate Avast Cleanup Pro, follow these steps:

1. Open the order confirmation email sent to you after you purchased Avast Cleanup Pro and copy the activation code.
2. Click the Avast Cleanup Pro icon on the menu bar and select Open Avast Cleanup Pro.
3. Click Insert License Key.
4. Paste or type the activation code into the text box and click OK.

For detailed installation instructions, refer to the following article:

How do I purchase Avast Cleanup Pro?

Download and installAvast Cleanup Pro from the Avast website, then open the program and click Buy Cleanup Pro to purchase and activate a subscription.

Features

What is Clean Clutter?

Clean Clutter scans several areas of your hard drive and detects unnecessary files which can be removed to create more disk space on your Mac.

To perform a scan, click Scan under Clean Clutter on the main Avast Cleanup Pro screen. After the scan completes, you can review the amount of space taken up by unnecessary files. To clean a whole category of files, tick the file type in the left-side panel. You can view individual items within a category by clicking the file type. Untick any items you don't want cleaned.

Click Clean in the bottom-right corner to permanently remove the selected items from your system.

You can adjust the Clean Clutter scan settings by going to AvastCleanup on the menu bar, then selecting Preferences and clicking the Scanning tab.

What is Find Duplicates?

Find Duplicates detects multiple files which contain identical content.

To perform a scan, click Find under Find Duplicates on the main Avast Cleanup Pro screen. After the scan completes, you can click a category in the left-side panel to view which duplicate files Avast Cleanup Pro detected. Select the files you want to remove by either clicking the drop-down menu in the bottom-left corner and selecting an option, or by clicking the tabs in the left-side panel and manually ticking or unticking the individual files.

To permanently remove the selected items from your Mac, click Clean in the bottom-right corner.

You can adjust the Find Duplicates scan settings by going to AvastCleanup on the menu bar, then selecting Preferences and clicking the Scanning tab.

Which duplicates should I select for cleaning?

After running a Find Duplicates scan, Avast Cleanup Pro lists files which contain identical content. To select which duplicates to remove, use the drop-down menu in the bottom-left corner of the results screen and select an option:

• Keep oldest: keeps the oldest files in each set of duplicates and removes the newest files.
• Keep newest: keeps the newest files in each set of duplicates and removes the oldest files.
• Select none: deselects all files and allows you to make a Custom Selection by manually ticking items for removal.

When you make a selection from the drop-down menu, the selection is applied to all Find Duplicates categories.

What is Find Photos?

Find Photos detects photos that are blurry, bladly-lit, or similar.

To perform a scan, click Find under Find Photos on the main Avast Cleanup Pro screen. You can specify where Avast Cleanup Pro should look for photos, and then after the scan completes, review and select which photos you want to delete. Avast Cleanup Pro automatically selects the photos that are recommended to remove. To change the selection, use the drop-down menu in the bottom-left corner of the results screen and click Select None. You can then manually tick the box on each photo you want to delete.

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To permanently remove the selected items from your Mac, click Remove in the bottom-right corner.

What is Alert Me?

Alert Me is a notification feature which allows Avast Cleanup Pro to continuously scan your system and notify you when a certain amount of clutter is detected. Alert Me is enabled by default. To disable this feature, click AvastCleanup on the menu bar and select Preferences. Select the Alerts tab and adjust the settings according to your preferences.

Troubleshooting

Why doesn't Avast Cleanup Pro clean anything from my system?

Avast Cleanup Pro requires a paid subscription to use. If you installed Avast Cleanup Pro but have not purchased a subscription, the program cannot clean your system.

Why do I need to grant permissions to Avast Cleanup Pro?

If Avast Cleanup Pro detects clutter in your system folders, you are asked to enter your system credentials or use your Touch ID to continue the cleaning process. This stops unauthorized users clearing items from your system folders.

Why do I need to close open programs before Avast Cleanup Pro continues cleaning?

When you perform a Clean Clutter scan, Avast Cleanup Pro detects unnecessary files, including those stored in your browsers and applications. If the applications containing these files are running when you click Clean, Avast Cleanup Pro asks you to close the applications to prevent them from crashing or malfunctioning.

How do I send feedback about Avast Cleanup Pro?

To send feedback about Avast Cleanup Pro, follow these steps:

1. Click the Avast Cleanup Pro icon on the menu bar and select Open Avast Cleanup Pro.
2. Click Help on the menu bar, then select Send Feedback from the context menu.
3. Enter the relevant information into the text boxes, then click Send.

How do I uninstall Avast Cleanup Pro?

To uninstall Avast Cleanup Pro, follow these steps:

1. Click the Avast Cleanup Pro icon on your menu bar and select Open Avast Cleanup Pro.
2. Click AvastCleanup on the menu bar and select Uninstall Avast Cleanup Pro from the context menu.
3. In the Avast Cleanup Pro Uninstaller dialog, click Continue.
4. Use your Touch ID or enter your system credentials, then click OK.
5. When the uninstallation is complete, click Finish.

Avast Cleanup Pro is now uninstalled from your Mac.

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Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac

Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac's top-shelf malware detection and barely there system impact make it the best antivirus solution.

Avast Free Mac Security

Avast Free Mac Security's malware-squashing proficiency, negligible performance impact and included password manager make it the best free option.

Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac

Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac offers top-shelf malware detection and protects files from ransomware.

After evaluating eight free and paid antivirus products, we've chosen Kaspersky Internet Security for Mac ($40 per year) as the best antivirus for Mac. It had a nearly invisible impact on system performance, and it caught all malware.

Avast Free Mac Security is our favorite free option, as it provided nearly perfect malware protection and an easy-to-use interface with an imperceptible performance hit.

You do need an antivirus program on your Mac. Recent years have seen more Mac malware and adware than ever before, from Trojans to targeted attacks, supply-chain attacks like the XcodeGhost attack and even encrypting ransomware.

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How We Tested

To find the best antivirus for Mac desktops and laptops, we evaluate ease of use, interface and performance impact, we installed each AV program on the same Late 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina Display running macOS 10.12 Sierra. It was powered by a 2.6-GHz Intel Core i7 processor and had 8GB of RAM and 70GB of data stored on a 512GB SSD.

We conducted our own tests in July and August 2017 based on how much each antivirus product affected our laptop's performance. To do this, we used our custom OpenOffice benchmark, which matches 20,000 names and addresses in a spreadsheet. We measured how long it took to run a quick scan and a full scan while the laptop crunched numbers in the background.

We assessed how easy each program was to use and the number of useful extra features it offered (including free add-on software). To gauge how effective each package was at stopping malware, we used the results of evaluations conducted in May 2017 by AV-TEST, a well-regarded independent product-testing lab in Germany, and results from other tests conducted in July 2017 by AV-Comparatives, a similarly well-respected firm in Austria.

Best Mac Antivirus

Reasons to Buy

Kaspersky Internet Security is the best antivirus for Macs because it offers both the lowest system impact and some of the best malware-detection rates recorded. It even provides extra security features, including parental controls and options to lock down your webcam and stop websites from tracking your browsing activity. If you're willing to pay to protect your Mac from malware, Kaspersky Internet Security is the best option available.

Best Free Mac Antivirus

Reasons to Buy

Avast Free Mac Security caught 99.9 percent of all malware, packs in a password manager, barely leaves a smudge on system impact and doesn't charge a dime. If only it caught 100 percent of malware, as Kaspersky did.

Reasons to Buy

Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac is one of only a few solutions we tested that offers perfect malware detection. Further, its modern, streamlined interface places on-demand scans front and center. Bitdefender has dropped from first place, though, because its system-impact scores don't match the flawless marks posted by Kaspersky.

Reasons to Avoid

Norton 360 Deluxe may offer excellent protection, but it charges more (after the first year) than its competitors do, without offering as many perks. Norton AntiVirus Plus offers similar protection for a single Mac, but with fewer perks. Still, both have always-on-call customer support.

Reasons to Buy

Reasons to Avoid

If you're looking for the best antivirus for Mac without having to pay, AVG AntiVirus for Mac is not too shabby, with its 99.9 percent detection rate and easy-to-use design. Unfortunately, other free competitors provide extras (Sophos with parental controls, Avast's password manager) that AVG does not.

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With Sophos Home for Mac's simple interface and low system-performance impact, you'll barely realize the program is shielding you until you need it. Anyone with young children at home will find Sophos' parental controls useful, as they allow for remote scans and checks, and let you block sites by category. Sophos even keeps a log of when users try to reach banned pages. This program's major drawback, though, is its lackluster malware-detection rate.

Reasons to Buy

Once our favorite, Avira Free Antivirus for Mac is no longer the best antivirus for Mac. That's because it is a hair shy of perfection in its malware detection, and fell behind in system-performance testing, earning some of the higher performance impacts recorded.

Reasons to Buy

Reasons to Avoid

While McAfee's unlimited licenses mean you can support a whole family of Macs (and PCs and Android devices, too), this program's lack of special features (for a paid version) make it hard to recommend. Further, we don't have malware-detection testing scores for McAfee, so its protection powers are unproven.