What's new in VirusBarrier X9 10.9
Jun 22, 2016
- VirusBarrier X9 has been updated to improve the customer experience with a new User Interface and increased scanner performance. This version also addresses a number of minor bugs and other issues.
- Details:
- New: Revised and polished User Interface to improve the customer experience
- New: Improved scanning performance and malware detection
- New: Improved Anti-Phishing settings to protect your privacy
- Low priority scan setting to enhance system performance while scanning
- Audible alerts on scan completion
- Scan information available from Mac OS X Notification Center
- Easy-to-use Setup Assistant for first time users
- Keeps your computer free of known malware such as Mac viruses, Windows viruses, Linux viruses, Microsoft Word and Excel macro viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, adware, hacking tools, dialers, keyloggers, and scareware (fake security programs)
- Detects Windows malware to prevent your Mac from acting as a carrier
- On-demand malware scans, including full scans for maximum coverage of your entire Mac as well as quick scans for day-to-day use
- Scheduled scans
- 24/7 real-time protection that watches all file activity and makes sure you’re always protected
- Finds malware contained in archive files
- Scans for viruses in emails for popular email clients
- Scans for viruses on iOS devices and finds/eradicates viruses found in document directories on the devices
- Automatically scans external drives when they are mounted
- Flexible options for handling malware (automatically attempt to repair, quarantine malware for later action, or ask what to do on a case-by-case basis)
- Marks trusted folders to speed up scans
- Email notifications when malware is found
- History logs
New in VirusBarrier X8 10.8.1 (Apr 8, 2014)
- Updated UI, low priority virus scan setting.
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.18 (Sep 28, 2012)
- This update improves overall stability, supports general compatibility issues, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.17 (Jul 26, 2012)
- This update improves overall stability, supports general compatibility issues, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.16 (May 15, 2012)
- This update improves overall stability, supports general compatibility issues, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.13 (Jul 7, 2011)
- This update improves overall stability, supports general compatibility issues, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.11 (Jan 11, 2011)
- A new Mini Scanner window gives easy access to the program’s Orb
- Scan progress is now displayed in VirusBarrier X6’s Dock icon
- Network traffic (input and output) can be displayed in the menu bar
- VirusBarrier X6 now scans memory for traces of exploit code
- Improved memory management reduces the amount of memory VirusBarrier X6’s real-time scanner uses
- VirusBarrier X6 now detects and blocks SSH attacks
- VirusBarrier X6 can automatically add Apple TVs to its list of Trusted Addresses
- Major improvements to VirusBarrier X6’s behavioral analysis allow improved proactive detection of malware
- NetUpdate can now install threat filters in the background, without user intervention
- Users can send multiple files or folders to Intego for analysis via the program’s contextual menu
- Full keyboard access is available for all interface elements
- VirusBarrier X6’s code is signed for additional security
- Minor bug corrections and performance enhancements
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.10 (Dec 21, 2010)
- This update improves overall stability, supports general compatibility issues, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.9 (Nov 24, 2010)
- This update improves overall stability, supports general compatibility issues, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.8 (Sep 15, 2010)
- This update improves overall stability, supports general compatibility issues, and addresses a number of other minor issues.
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.5 (Apr 7, 2010)
- Scans iPads for malware and malicious files
- A new option allows users to submit URLs that are flagged as web threats or phishing sites to Intego for analysis
- A contextual menu in the log allows users to add sites flagged as web threats or phishing sites to the Trusted Sites list
- A button in the web threat and phishing alerts allows users to add sites to the Trusted Sites list
- A button in the behavioral analysis alert allows users to trust an application
- An “Always require a password to access the interface” checkbox has been added to the advanced preferences.
- A new advanced scan option allows users to skip Boot Camp volumes during malware scans
- Minor bug corrections and performance enhancements
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.4 (Feb 1, 2010)
- Includes minor bug fixes.
New in VirusBarrier 10.6.2 (Jan 14, 2010)
- Dynamic Code Monitoring: Intego’s new technology that detects suspicious actions carried out by applications that may be malicious, and detects malware by examining its code as it acts in real-time.
- Phishing protection: you and your Mac are protected from phishing web sites that try to trick you into entering personal information, such as a credit card number or a password, on a site that looks exactly like a valid web site.
- New types of malware detected: VirusBarrier X6 detects a wide range of new types of malware, such as scareware (software that tries to trick you into thinking you’re Mac is infected, in order to get you to pay for software), spyware (including commercial software used as keyloggers or monitoring tools), hacking tools, dialers (software that initiates phone calls to premium-rate phone numbers), proof-of-concept malware (software designed to show how to exploit a vulnerability, which is not circulating “in the wild”), and more.
- Fine-tuned scanning and security policies: choose from a number of detailed options to determine exactly what is scanned and when, and the type of threats that VirusBarrier X6 scans for. There are also basic settings for users who don’t need such detailed options.
- Performance control: users can choose how much CPU time VirusBarrier X6 uses to scan different disks, and choose a level of CPU time to be allocated to background scans, in order to reduce CPU and disk usage.
- AppleScript integration: users can launch scans and obtain scan results using AppleScript.
- 64-bit software: all of Intego’s software is now provided with 64-bit code, fully compatible with Snow Leopard, and ready for the future.
New in VirusBarrier 10.5.10 (Sep 14, 2009)
- This update offers Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and iTunes 9 compatibility and addresses a number of other minor issues.
New in VirusBarrier 10.5.9 (Aug 20, 2009)
- This update offers Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard compatibility and addresses a number of other minor issues.
New in VirusBarrier 10.5.8 (May 6, 2009)
- Added new features to program's logs.
- Changed handling of corrupted files.
- Added Action button in Log, Quarantine and Browser windows.
New in VirusBarrier 10.5.7 (Mar 19, 2009)
- Includes minor bug fixes.
New in VirusBarrier 10.5.6 (Jan 6, 2009)
- Scans now stop when volumes being scanned are unmounted.
- Scan scheduling is improved.
- Improved handling of disk images when scanned on SMB volumes.
- Optimization of scans of .pax archives.
- Bug fixes.
New in VirusBarrier X5 10.5.5 (Nov 27, 2008)
- Improved performance of the real-time scanner when scanning network volumes
- Better memory, process and quarantine management for the real-time scanner
- Improved management of iPhones and iPod touches
- Enhanced support for backup software, especially Apple’s Time Machine
- Improved handling of FileVault volumes
- Better performance when scanning archives
- Improvements to the quarantine feature, Turbo mode, and log management
- Improvements to the command-line scanner
- Fixes for issues with manual and scheduled scans
New in VirusBarrier X5 10.5.4 (Oct 6, 2008)
- This update addresses some minor issues and improves overall stability.
New in VirusBarrier X5 10.5.3 (Jul 18, 2008)
- This update addresses some minor issues and improves overall stability.
New in VirusBarrier X5 10.5.2 (Mar 13, 2008)
- This update addresses some minor issues and improves overall stability.