![]() Bullguard antivirus for Mac, at the very least, should’ve been able to tell me where the troublesome files were or how to remove them. But a lot of these problems could’ve been avoided. The files may or may not have been a threat depending on which window you choose to believe. This was ultimately a very simple problem with some basic but annoying adware stuck on the machine. Meanwhile, Bullguard’s customer service was offering very basic advice such as disabling browser plugins and running more full scans. The actual resolution came about because I knew what to look for and where thanks to EtreCheck. In my own spot check of common malware for Mac, Bullguard had no trouble identifying the samples and quarantining them as soon as they were unzipped.ĭuring this whole ordeal, Bullguard support wasn’t much help other than advising me to use EtreCheck. AV-Comparatives and SE Labs haven’t tested Bullguard for Windows in recent months. ![]() It also scored 100 percent in AV-test’s widespread and prevalent malware test during the same period. It scored 100 percent and 99.2 percent from AV-Test in January and February 2021 respectively for its zero-day tests. On the Windows side, however, Bullguard is doing very well. This window also contains the quarantine and application logs.Īs for protection, we had to rely on our own tests as Bullguard hasn’t had its Mac product tested by the antivirus reports we track. If you select the Settings cog in the upper right corner, it opens a preferences window with very straightforward (and minimal) settings for the antivirus. Otherwise, clicking the scan button starts a full scan. Click on Custom Scan and a Finder window appears letting you choose a folder to scan.
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