The product's summary screen shows current security status, including a timestamp for the latest scan and the latest update. Like Panda and Bitdefender Antivirus for Mac ($39.95 direct), Comodo lets you scan a specific file or folder by dragging it onto the main window or the dock icon. You can run a full scan or a user-defined scan at any time, or check off days of the week for a scheduled scan.

You can ignore it once, add it to your exclusions list, or submit it to Comodo as a false positive detection. There are three options if you don't think the file should be removed. You can choose to clean the threat by disinfecting it (and deleting if disinfection fails) or just send it to quarantine.

If the on-access scanner detects a threat, it will pop up a notification and ask what to do. To keep its impact on system resources light, in the on-access scanner's default mode it skips scanning any file that was already scanned after the most recent update. It scans for malware on demand, on access, and on schedule. Like Panda Antivirus for Mac ($49.99 direct), it's designed to be a set-and-forget solution. Both consumers and commercial users can get a free lifetime license to use Comodo.

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