Web Shield: The Web Shield monitors and filters all HTTP traffic coming from web sites on the Internet.File Shield: The File Shield scans the binaries of started applications and all files at the time they are modified.
Scan reports are automatically archived and are accessible from the GUI at anytime. Everything is packed in a brand new GUI and is now available as a public beta. avast! Free Antivirus for Mac is also equipped with a File Shield, which scans all programs stored and executed from your hard drive. The Web Shield together with the Mail Shield will check the vast majority of incoming data from the Internet. We're kicking off with three shields and an on-demand scan. The new version has been almost totally reworked compared with our previous solution for the Mac OS. The current popularity of Apple products also makes them more interesting for the bad guys so we thought it would be good to prepare for the battle sooner rather than later. We're glad to announce a new major version of 'avast! Free Antivirus for Mac'.
