The Mac Security Blog

While VirusBarrier X6 is first and foremost a tool to protect Macs from the dangers of the Internet, it has the ability to spot and eradicate Windows malware as well. There are two reasons for this. First, many Mac users run Windows on their Macs using Apple’s Boot Camp or virtualization programs such as VMware Fusion or Parallels Desktop. Second, Mac users regularly interact with Windows users, sharing files in both directions. Especially in an enterprise environment, it is essential to spot malware before it gets to the computers it can affect, and VirusBarrier X6 does this by ensuring that Mac users don’t propagate malware to Windows-using colleagues.

French web site clubic.com ran a long article about Mac security, looking at the issues facing Macs and the tools that protect them. They did an interesting test: they tried out four Mac anti-malware programs to see how good they were at detecting Windows malware. (The article’s in French, but the results of the test speak for themselves.)

The results show that VirusBarrier X6 is the clear winner. Out of 635 samples tested, VirusBarrier X6 detected 633 of them, or 99.69% of them. (Drats; we’re trying to find out which two samples we missed so we can do better next time.) The second-placed program wasn’t even close. With only 573 detections, it missed 60 of the test samples, for only a 90% detection rate.

So if you need to protect your home or business from Windows malware, while you keep your Macs safe, the choice is obvious: you need the program that has the best results detecting Windows malware. That program is Intego VirusBarrier X6.