Our Mac evaluations were conducted on a late-2013 MacBook Pro running OS X El Capitan 10.11. For smartphones, we used the Geekbench 3 benchmarking app. The longer it took the laptop to finish the test, the heavier the performance impact. To assess a program's impact on system speed, we used our custom OpenOffice benchmark test, which matches 20,000 names and addresses on a spreadsheet. Was the interface intuitive and user-friendly? How badly did malware scans slow performance? How well did the program detect and remove malware? Does the program have any additional tools, and are they useful?Īll of our Windows tests were performed on the same Asus X555LA laptop running 64-bit Windows 8.1 (later upgraded to Windows 10), with an Intel Core i3 processor, 6GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive containing 36GB of files. Our evaluations were based on an antivirus product's interface, performance, protection and extra features. ADVICE: If you've used, request a free credit report from to check recent activity, and consider signing up with an identity-protection service. residents over age 65 find supplemental medical insurance. Five million people had sensitive personal data exposed by an unprotected online database used by, which helps U.S. ADVICE: Disable the feature yourself by following our instructions here.
A powerful feature of Microsoft Excel, called Power Query or Get & Transform, can be exploited to install malware, and Microsoft can't just disable it globally. ADVICE: Run Mac antivirus software, since the malware won't run at all if it detects it on a machine. A new form of Mac malware evades Apple's Gatekeeper program and hides from antivirus software.