What's new in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.30
Sep 30, 2023
- Updating the scanning engine has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.29 (Sep 23, 2023)
- Added support for macOS Sonoma 14.
- Removing and disinfecting threats has been made more reliable.
- Auto waking the computer to run scheduled scans has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.28 (Jun 27, 2023)
- Managing threats has been made more reliable.
- Displaying scan summaries has been made more reliable.
- Opening the quarantine from desktop alerts has been improved.
- Added ability to scan files/folders/volumes by dragging and dropping onto the application icon.
- Improved the registering of license keys to provide more feedback and enhance reliability.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.27 (Feb 23, 2023)
- Disinfecting threats has been made more reliable.
- Showing ProtectWorks AntiVirus on the menu bar has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.26 (Feb 6, 2023)
- Added ability to repair failed installations of ProtectWorks AntiVirus.
- Managing threats on macOS Catalina 10.15 and later has been made more reliable.
- Improved updating reliability after downloading errors.
- Triggering scheduled scans has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.25 (Oct 27, 2022)
- Added support for macOS Ventura 13.
- The file-access scanner reliability under heavy load has been improved.
- Managing threats has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.24 (Oct 27, 2022)
- The file-access scanner has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.23 (Apr 27, 2022)
- Running scheduled computer scans has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.22 (Apr 11, 2022)
- Scanning performance has been improved.
- Running scheduled scans and performing background update checks has been made more reliable.
- Added improved support for macOS Monterey 12.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.21 (Mar 12, 2021)
- Improved the performance of the file-access scanner.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.20 (Feb 18, 2021)
- Updating from previous versions has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.19 (Feb 7, 2021)
- Added support for starting up in safe mode.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.18 (Dec 24, 2020)
- Editing the FileSafe preferences has been made more reliable.
- The file-access scanner on macOS Catalina 10.15 and later has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.17 (Dec 23, 2020)
- Editing the Advanced preferences has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.16 (Dec 23, 2020)
- Added support for Apple Silicon.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.15 (Nov 14, 2020)
- Added support for macOS Big Sur 11.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.14 (Jul 29, 2020)
- Scanning individual files has been made more reliable.
- Expanded the FileSafe preferences for System files to support older versions of macOS.
- Added integrity checking to detect failed installations of ProtectWorks AntiVirus.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.13 (May 29, 2020)
- Editing the FileSafe preferences has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.12 (May 29, 2020)
- Displaying desktop alerts on macOS Mojave 10.14 and later has been made more reliable.
- Added additional FileSafe preferences for Time Machine backups and System files.
- Improved scanning performance when launching and after updating.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.11 (May 29, 2020)
- Added support for macOS Catalina 10.15.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.10 (May 29, 2020)
- Added support for DarkMode.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.9 (May 29, 2020)
- Added support for macOS Mojave 10.14.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.8 (Feb 2, 2018)
- Scanning has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.7 (Oct 18, 2017)
- Added support for macOS High Sierra.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.6 (Mar 29, 2017)
- Scanning of removable disks when mounted has been made more reliable.
- The software no longer has to be re-installed after upgrading older versions of OS X.
- Improved the Uninstaller application to ensure that the software is completely removed.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.5 (Sep 20, 2016)
- Improved the performance of the Installer.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.4 (Sep 2, 2016)
- Added support for macOS Sierra.
- Improved performance when a large number of threats have been detected.
- Displaying the Scan Summary for removable volumes has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.3 (May 12, 2016)
- Scanning large files has been made more reliable.
- Improved the Register License Key window to provide more feedback.
- Desktop alerts now dynamically update in response to changes to ProtectWorks AntiVirus.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.2 (Jan 26, 2016)
- Viewing the History Log has been made more reliable.
- Improved the verification and updating of license keys.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2.0.1 (Jan 26, 2016)
- Editing of Scheduled Scan times in different timezones has been made more reliable.
- Custom Scan Locations are now copied from previous versions of ProtectMac AntiVirus.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 2 (Jan 26, 2016)
- Optimised for OS X Yosemite and OS X El Capitan.
- Ability to repair files containing threats.
- Quarantine repository for restoring removed or repaired files.
- New user-friendly interface with easy to use console.
- Improved scanning performance and many more enhancements.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.4.2 (Jan 26, 2016)
- Improved compatibility with OS X El Capitan v10.11.
- Added option to update to ProtectWorks AntiVirus version 2 on applicable computers.
- The verification and updating of license keys has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.4.1 (Aug 16, 2014)
- Compatibility with OS X Mavericks v10.9.5.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.4 (Oct 23, 2013)
- Compatibility with OS X Mavericks v10.9
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.3.4 (Jul 12, 2013)
- Enhanced automatic scanning of volumes as they are mounted.
- Added preference to optionally display scanning of mounted volumes in the foreground.
- Saving scheduled scan events to the history has been improved.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.3.3 (Jun 20, 2013)
- Updating license keys has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.3.2 (Feb 21, 2013)
- OS X 10.8 no longer falls asleep whilst performing scans.
- Entering license keys has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.3.1 (Nov 9, 2012)
- The file-access scanner can now be controlled from the ProtectMac AntiVirus menu.
- Revealing threats in the Finder from the main application has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.3 (Jul 10, 2012)
- Compatibility with Mountain Lion.
- Updating of License Keys has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.2.1 (Sep 24, 2011)
- Performing multiple simultaneous scans has been made more reliable.
- Improved the reveal threats in Finder feature in the main application.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.2 (Jul 21, 2011)
- Full compatibility with OS X Lion.
- Starting user scans has been made more reliable.
- Minor changes have been made to the main application GUI.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.1.5 (Feb 20, 2011)
- Scanning of NTFS formatted disks has been made more reliable.
- Improved the performance of the file-access scanner.
- Minor changes have been made to the main application GUI.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.1.4 (Nov 18, 2010)
- An initial update check is now performed immediately after running for the first time.
- Improved the checking for invalid Device scan locations.
- Resizing and display of the desktop progress window has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.1.3 (Apr 24, 2010)
- Updating of Product License Keys has been made more reliable.
- Minor changes have been made to the main application GUI.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.1.2 (Dec 18, 2009)
- Clearing the Recent Finder Scans menu has been made more reliable.
- VoiceOver support has been enhanced.
- Improved the editing of the Scheduled Scan time in different time zones.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.1.1 (Oct 7, 2009)
- A Service has been provided to support contextual menu scans from the Finder in 10.6.
- Launching of the ProtectMac AntiVirus menu has been made more reliable.
- Access to license renewal is available directly from the main ProtectMac AntiVirus application.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.1 (Aug 27, 2009)
- Snow Leopard is fully supported in both 32-bit and 64-bit modes.
- Compatibility with FileVault has been improved.
- File-access scanning performance has been enhanced.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.0.6 (May 14, 2009)
- Scheduled scans now wake the computer if it is sleeping when they
- are due to run.
- Removing and editing scheduled scans has been made more reliable.
- The next scan time for scheduled scans is now calculated correctly when the
- computer sleeps.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.0.5 (Mar 30, 2009)
- User confirmation is now required before deleting files containing threats.
- Moving the main application from the /Applications folder prompts a warning at startup.
- Compatibility with fast user switching has been improved.
- Multiple items can be selected and scanned from the Finder simultaneously.
- The Threat Details window can now be expanded vertically.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.0.4 (Feb 9, 2009)
- License expiry date is now displayed correctly when the product has never been demoed.
- Scanning performance of Time Machine backups has been improved.
- After trial expiry the desktop alert provides an option to uninstall the product.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.0.3 (Jan 12, 2009)
- Compatibility with Time Machine has been improved particularly when used with Time Capsule.
- Adding and removing custom scan locations has been made more reliable.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.0.2 (Dec 17, 2008)
- Register Serial Number option removed from the Setup Window and License Preferences.
- Version numbers changed during updating are now correctly reflected in the Finder and About Box.
- Locked files containing threats are unlocked before attempting to delete them.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.0.1 (Nov 24, 2008)
- Added version information to the main ProtectMac AntiVirus application.
- Fixed Scheduled Scans to display the next scan information field correctly in all
- time zones.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 1.0 (Nov 13, 2008)
- Includes a new licensing setup which improves the installation experience and provides warnings when a license or trial is expiring.
- It also enhances automatic updating which is now only triggered when an Internet connection is available.
- Scanning has also been refined which results in a smoother progress display.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 0.9.3 (Oct 7, 2008)
- Improves scanning performance by up-to 20% and includes the latest threat detection engine which enables PDF scanning.
- It also has a minor fix to prevent dropped connections when checking for updates.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 0.9.2 (Aug 28, 2008)
- improves the ability to delete files containing threats.
New in ProtectWorks AntiVirus 0.9.1 (Aug 13, 2008)
- Installs the product in 30-day Trial mode by default.