Virus Protection on MacOS Tahoe for Home & Business Users
In March 2026, the AV-TEST Institute reviewed a total of 14 security solutions for home and corporate users under MacOS. The attached detailed results show how well the products performed in the areas of Protection, Performance and Usability.The following 10 anti-virus products for home users were tested:
www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-macos/
- Avast Security
- AVG AntiVirus
- Avira Security
- Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac
- ESET Security Ultimate
- F-Secure Total
- Intego Intego One
- Kaspersky Premium
- Norton Norton 360
- Trend Micro Antivirus
Download Charts Home User 03/2026
Besides this, we reviewed the following 4 security software for business users: www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/business-macos/
- Crowdstrike Falcon Sensor
- Sophos Endpoint
- Trellix Endpoint Security
- Trend Micro Apex One
Download Charts Business User 03/2025
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The screenshots of all tested products, as well as older test results, can be downloaded at www.av-test.org/en/press/test-results/.
AV-TEST is an independent supplier of services in the fields of IT Security and Antivirus Research, focusing on the detection and analysis of the latest malicious software and its use in comprehensive comparative testing of security products.
Due to the timeliness of the testing data, malware can instantly be analyzed and categorized, trends within virus development can be detected early, and IT-security solutions can be tested and certified. The AV-TEST Institute’s results provide an exclusive basis of information helping vendors to optimize their products, special interest magazines to publish research data, and end users to make good product choices.
AV-TEST has operated out of Magdeburg (Germany) since 2004 and employs more than 30 team members, professionals with extensive practical experience. The AV-TEST laboratories include 500 client and server systems, where more than 3,500 terabyte of independently-collected test data, containing both malicious and harmless sample information, are stored and processed.
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