AVAST PREMIUM SECURITY FOR MAC: EXCELLENT, BUT SHOULD YOU BUY?
We heaped praise on Avast’s top-tier product in 2018, then called Avast Security Pro, for its solid malware-fighting capabilities and a modern interface. In the two years since then, Avast renamed the product Avast Premium Security, but its protection is as strong as ever.
On the privacy front Avast has had a rougher time. In early 2020, the company suffered a huge privacy black eye related to data collection that has since been ameliorated. You can read all about it on PCWorld.
most recently in March 2020. The suite earned a 100 percent detection rate from 58 samples in its widespread and prevalent malware test. In December 2019, it also had a 100 percent detection rate from 145 samples.
