

- #Every time i run an avast scan my computer slows for mac os
- #Every time i run an avast scan my computer slows for mac
- #Every time i run an avast scan my computer slows mac os
- #Every time i run an avast scan my computer slows upgrade
Jchapper, clearly anything I say is very likely to be discounted by you since you have very clearly stated your knowledge about using antivirus applications and you indicate that you feel that youare far more knowledgeable than some of the people above. I think you will find that almost all experienced users on these forums agree and advocate not using third party antivirus apps. There is other malware however users can easily avoid them and a third party antivirus app simply will not find them.
#Every time i run an avast scan my computer slows for mac
There are NO viruses in the wild for Mac OS, not one. I would also recommend that you read, in short Apple does not advocate the use of any third party antivirus, cleaning or any other third party maintenance apps because they are simply unnecessary. Then restart in Safe Mode per the directions in Use safe mode to isolate issues with your Mac and then restart normally. Please locate the developers uninstall instructions for Intego and follow to the letter.
#Every time i run an avast scan my computer slows mac os
They make Mac OS slow, unstable, generate odd behavior (much like you are experiencing) and make Mac OS appear buggy. The only thing these apps do is have the opposite affect users want. Adding third party antivirus, cleaning, security and other types of maintenance apps to Mac OS adds no additional level of security. All you need to do with Mac OS to keep it secure and running well is to keep it up-to-date and do periodic (about 1x per week) restarts.

#Every time i run an avast scan my computer slows for mac os
The best antivirus, cleaning app, and overall maintenance app for Mac OS is Mac OS itself. However, I would not recommend going without anti-virus protection-macOS is not that robust or impervious to all security attacks, and it never was. From this perspective, the OP might benefit by uninstalling Intego AV for the time being and going with a different reputable anti-virus product. This is an issue that myself and other users have reported. Apps may be slow to load or may crash on first boot. I should also add that Intego Antivirus is experiencing some problems on Big Sur as of Jan 19 2021.

#Every time i run an avast scan my computer slows upgrade
Granted, RAM is generally an easy and cheap upgrade (if the user's Mac will allow it), but the software side and incompatibilities are where they should look first. Those are the things to explore first, before advising the user to spend money on RAM. If the computer worked great before the Big Sur upgrade and is now slow, then it follows that there must be either (1) an extra burden on the system caused by the OS upgrade (which I do not see on my Macs upgraded to Big Sur), or (2) some incompatibility between the OP's installed third-party apps and Big Sur. No platform is so robust and secure that it is fully protected against security threats on its own.Īlso, your advice to upgrade past 16GB RAM is probably unnecessary for the OP, unless they are using heavily RAM-intensive apps, editing video or crunching massive amounts of data. The myth of macOS being secure and fully protected has been debunked over and over again. In fact, it has saved me from malware infection a few times. I have used Intego products for many years now, and while I find that they do cause a significant performance hit while doing full scheduled virus checks in the background (which can be disabled), the real-time virus check feature does not cause any performance issues for me and never has.

Removing an anti-virus app may seem to improve performance in some ways, but you will also be exposed to other security vulnerabilities such as malware that targets Macs. While anti-virus software can sometimes affect performance of a Mac to a certain degree, in particular while virus checks are being performed in the background, I would respectfully disagree with your statements that "Intego is an unnecessary antivirus app" and that "Macs do not need any antivirus protection."Ĭould you please back up your claims with real-world facts, such as benchmarks, statements from security experts that conclusively prove that Macs do not need antvirus protection and so on? Macs are NOT fully protected from viruses by default, any more than any other OS.
