Mac computers need antivirus to best protect itself from the evolving viruses on the Internet. Although Mac computers have a built in protection, but still it is not enough to rely on it’s built in protection.
To protect your computer, you must have to install a MacKeeper Antivirus on your computer. However, if you have already installed another antivirus having real-time protection, then you will not be able to install a MacKeeper Antivirus. It is because it needs a 150Mb free space for the antivirus to be installed on your computer.
To protect your computer, you must have to install a MacKeeper Antivirus on your computer. However, if you have already installed another antivirus having real-time protection, then you will not be able to install a MacKeeper Antivirus. It is because it needs a 150Mb free space for the antivirus to be installed on your computer.
Once installed, you will be able to see the status of your MacKeeper Antivirus. The Status contains all the information regarding on the current situation of the Antivirus. You will be able to enable or disable the real-time protection. As first time users of this Antivirus, it is good to know the different statuses that you will encounter on your MacKeeper Antivirus.
- A red Antivirus Status icon would mean that “Antivirus has found infected files which are not quarantined”.
- A blue Antivirus Status icon would mean “Antivirus is operating normally”.
- An orange Antivirus Status icon would mean “Your virus definitions may be out of date, please check for updates”.
The Scan feature on your Antivirus will enable you to start a full scan on your computer and can see the facts and details about the latest scan you have done. If you want to do a full scan on your Mac computer, you will just have to click the “Start Scan” button. By clicking this, the Antivirus will perform its job to scan the entire system including the files, folders and programs stored on your hard disk drives. Click “Stop Scan” button whenever you want to stop the scanning process on your computer. However, if you want to scan a particular folder, you will just have to click “Start Custom Scan” button. You will then have to select the particular folder that you want to be scanned and click “Open”. The Antivirus will immediately start scanning. Click “Stop Custom Scan” button once you want to stop the custom scanning on your computer.
These are some of the different operations that your MacKeeper Antivirus can do on your Mac computer. Feel free to use everything and you will surely be satisfied of the results that it can give to you.
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