Open Source Avast Free Antivirus Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Avast Free Antivirus for Mac if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Mac alternative is Clam AntiVirus. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Avast Free Antivirus and three of them are open source and available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Mac alternatives to Avast Free Antivirus are Download Virus Checker and Raspirus.

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Avast Free Antivirus

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Anti-Malware App
Free Personal • Proprietary

Avast Free Antivirus a the free for non-commercial and home usage antivirus solution from AVAST Software.

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Avast Free Antivirus alternatives page was last updated May 21, 2023

Clam AntiVirus
Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways. It provides a number of utilities including a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner and advanced tool for automatic...
100 Clam AntiVirus alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application types
- Anti-Virus App
- Anti-Malware App
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
Clam AntiVirus Features
1. Ad-free
2. Lightweight
3. No Tracking
4. Graphical User Interface
5. Block Trackers
6. Dark Mode
7. Privacy focused
8. Malware Analysis
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- Almost everyone thinks Clam AntiVirus is a great Avast Free Antivirus alternative.
- Clam AntiVirus is the most popular Linux alternative to Avast Free Antivirus.
- Clam AntiVirus is the most popular Open Source alternative to Avast Free Antivirus.
- Clam AntiVirus is Free and Open SourceAvast Free Antivirus is Free Personal and Proprietary
- Clam AntiVirus is Lightweight and Privacy focusedAvast Free Antivirus is not according to our users

Download Virus Checker
Download Virus Checker provides automatic check for all your downloads through 68 online anti-virus solutions. Basically the extension sends your download link to VirusTotal service and wait for its response.
31 Download Virus Checker alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
- Anti-Virus App
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Firefox
Download Virus Checker Features
1. Extensible by Plugins/Extensions
2. Browser extension
3. Security focused
4. Integrated Virus scanner
5. Opera extension
6. Multi Engine
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Discontinued
The last update is from 2021.

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Raspirus
Sometimes you work on a computer that is not connected to the internet. It even has no antivirus installed, and you guess you are safe. But it could be used by a lot of people that upload and download files using their personal USB sticks.
6 Raspirus alternatives
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Raspirus Features
Ad-free
Rust
Cross-Platform
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