![]() ![]() With a list price of $49.99 per year for one license, Intego costs more than most Mac antivirus software. Intego (accent on the first syllable) is effective against Mac malware, according to one lab, and the presence of a firewall component is welcome, but we’d still like to see detection of malware-hosting URLs, phishing frauds, and other dangers of the web. It also includes a full-featured firewall that both blocks attacks from outside and manages network permissions for programs loaded on the Mac. ![]() Intego Mac Internet Security, the latest release, is more than just an antivirus. For well over 20 years, Intego's central mission has been protecting Apple products. In September 2020, Intego also released a Windows version of the security and antivirus suite.The vast majority of antivirus companies that publish security software for the Macintosh started with a Windows product first, but not Intego. In July 2018, Kape Technologies announced the acquisition of Intego to "enhance arsenal of products in cyber protection for iOS." Intego released its current X9 version of antivirus and security software in June 2016. The company launched a podcast in October 2017, called the Intego Mac Podcast. Intego launched The Mac Security Blog, a blog that covers Mac security news, Apple security updates, Mac malware alerts, as well as news and opinion pieces related to Apple products, in mid-2007. ![]() Then in October 2000, Intego released its legacy antivirus software, VirusBarrier 1.0, for Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9. Two years later in July 1999, Intego released NetBarrier, the first personal security software suite for Mac OS 8. Co-founded by former CEO Laurent Marteau and Jean-Paul Florencio and based in Paris, France, Intego released its first antivirus product in 1997: Rival, an antivirus for Mac OS 8. ![]()
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