On the plus side, Norton on Windows is a full-featured suite, and on the Mac it includes features you don't get from McAfee-most notably a VPN with no limits on bandwidth or server choices.īitdefender, ESET, and Total Defense all cost $59.99 per year for three installations, compared with unlimited licenses for McAfee at just five dollars more. Norton 360 Deluxe for Mac is also cross-platform, supporting macOS, Windows, and Android, but costs $50 more per year, and your $104.99 Norton subscription gets you a very finite five licenses. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. But that’s not all-the latest McAfee product line also supports Chromebooks and ARM-based laptops. This bounty of protection offsets the fact that the testing labs aren’t reporting scores for McAfee's protection on macOS, and that Windows users get a raft of features that don't carry over to the Mac.Īs noted, you can use your $64.99 per year subscription to install McAfee protection on every macOS, Windows, Android, and iOS device you own.

McAfee AntiVirus Plus is unusual in that one subscription covers every device in your household. Others make Mac protection part of a security suite that covers multiple platforms. Some just put together a simple antivirus scanner with real-time protection. Almost all major security companies offer macOS antivirus protection these days. But few doesn’t mean none, and your Mac does need antivirus protection. After all, there are more Windows boxes out there, and macOS is harder to defeat.

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