To install Avast Security or Avast Premium Security (previously Avast Security Pro), follow the instructions below:
DHNet Internet Services. How to Install Avast Free Antivirus for Mac. When the download is complete, double-click the.DMG file you just downloaded. Once it is opened, you will have this window pop up. Drag the avast! Icon into the Applications folder icon in that same window.
- In the Avast Reports screen, the Unable to Scan message indicates that a complete scan was not performed on the number of files specified. Encrypted files, ZIP archives, and system files which are in use often cannot be scanned.
- Avast Free Antivirus for Mac offers three shields – File Shield to scan for programs stored and executed from your hard drive, Web Shield and Mail Shield to check incoming data from the internet. This Avast Free antivirus for Mac still unfinished with bugs and in Beta stage may not recommended to.
Before you begin the installation, ensure all other programs and internet browsers are closed, and any previous antivirus software is uninstalled.
Install Avast Security
- Download the Avast Security for Mac setup file by clicking the button below. Download Avast Security for Mac
- Double-click the downloaded setup file
avast_security_online.dmg(by default, in your downloads folder). - Double-click Avast Security.
- Click Continue to determine if Avast Security can be installed.
- Click Continue.
- Click Continue to confirm that you have read the Avast End User License Agreement.
- Click Agree to confirm that you accept the terms.
- Click Install. Alternatively, if you would like to make changes to the default setup, click Change Install Location... or Customize.
- If prompted, use your Touch ID to grant permission for the installation, or click Use Password..., then enter your Administrator password and click Install Software.
- Click Close.
If a System Extension Blocked notification appears, refer to the following article:
Avast Security is installed on your Mac. To start using Avast Security, click Continue With Free. If you have purchased a subscription for Avast Premium Security (previously Avast Security Pro), refer to the following article for detailed activation instructions:
- Avast Security 14.x for Mac
- Avast Premium Security 14.x for Mac
- Apple macOS 10.14.x (Mojave)
- Apple macOS 10.13.x (High Sierra)
- Apple macOS 10.12.x (Sierra)
- Apple Mac OS X 10.11.x (El Capitan)
- Apple Mac OS X 10.10.x (Yosemite)
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