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Get Free Virus Protection for Mac

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You're watching VisiHow. In this video, we are going to show how to get free antivirus software for the Mac.

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We'll install a program called Avast Free Mac Security
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We can get that program by going to http://www.avast.com.

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We click the "FREE DOWNLOAD" button in blue
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This will take us to the CNET download page.

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We click "Download Now"
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In this video, we'll see the download progress in the lower left-hand corner of the browser.
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Once the download has been completed, we click the file
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We drag the Avast Mac Security into our applications folder
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Once we've completed the previous step, we need to look for and click the file, Avast Mac Security
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We click on "Continue"
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We click "Continue"
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We read the license agreement
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We click "Continue"
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We click "Agree"
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We click "Install"
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We note that the program will take 258.1 MB of space.
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We need to close the mentioned applications if asked
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In this video, we have to close Google Chrome. The installation is going to download the program and virus definition files.
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We might be asked to type in our password to complete the installation process
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We'll see that the installation will be successful.
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We click "Close"
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We can unmount Avast Mac Security by clicking 'Eject "Avast Mac Security"'
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We can also go to the downloads folder and delete the download
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We can open Avast by clicking on its logo
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We click "Open Avast"
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We'll see by the green check that we are protected.
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We can click "Scan"
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We click "Start" next to "Full System Scan"
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That was how to install Avast Free Mac Security. If you have any questions or comments, please leave them in the space below. Thank you for watching VisiHow!