It’s an area that has the potential to add an unwanted lag to a Mac’s performance. AVs have to check downloaded content immediately for harmful files. The next test was to find out how much time (if any) Trend Micro added to download speeds. We consider this to be unnoticeable to a human user.

To work out the load AVs put on a Mac, we ran the same test with Trend Micro and it clocked a time of 148 seconds. The first test – copying 27.28 GB to a Mac – was performed on a “clean” Mac with no AV running. And then another 0.5% when downloading files from the internet as part of a speed test. Added less than 0.5% to the system load when copying 27.28 GB of files to a Mac. Trend Micro for Mac posted impressive results in the performance tests too. The test is concluded with a Potentially Unwanted Applications test – PUAs are programs with excessive advertising, messaging or privacy policies. This is followed by a false positives test to make sure non-harmful files aren’t flagged as dangerous. Next, we measure the load AV software puts on a Mac’s performance. The first test is a regular malware detection test. Testing Mac Antivirus software is a split into four major sections. Continue reading our Trend Micro for Mac review to find out more about this excellent MacOS antivirus software.īuy Trend Micro for Mac ( £ 29.97) Testing Explained It detected 100% of threats while adding an imperceptible load on the system.

Trend Micro for Mac posted near-perfect scores in Best Mac Antivirus 2018 tests.

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