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Norton Clean For Mac Review4/17/2021
The downsides include high prices after the first year and some features missing from the Mac app that Windows users will get for the same price.So, we decided to take a look at the what Symantec refers to as NEW Norton 360 - a completely new release for 2019.
They also offer 50GB of PC Cloud backup or 75GB, while Standard gets you 10GB. Considering thats useless on a Mac, though, its unlikely thatll convince you to upgrade. Norton Clean Review Full System ScanThe first was to perform a full system scan on our test MacBook Pro, with its i7 2.8GHz processor, 16GB of RAM, and around 400GB of files. CPU usage throughout was around 50-80 of four of the CPU cores in our Mac, so we were paying a price for that speed and the fans became noisy. Only a handful of the antimalware apps weve looked at got a similar top score. Although effective, this is also comparatively rudimentary, in that you cant choose the end-point. However, its appears to have unlimited data downloads, unlike with the VPN offerings bundled with other antimalware apps weve seen that peg the user to 200 or 300MB. This is designed to block malware from phoning home with your data, or to receive instructions. By default Norton 360 on the Mac shows an attractive user interface by which you can do most things. However, you must click the settings button to switch to the older Norton Security app in order to access the firewall and Norton Clean tools. Its a little messy but it works so long as you remember what to do. This blocks any ransomware that somehow gets through and infects the system. Its still a reasonably good deal but we have to deduct points for any product that treats Mac users like second-class citizens. Once that happens Norton 360 Standard will be a very attractive proposition.
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