Threat list is meager and UI only lets you drag-and-drop to scan anything other than full system

I actually downloaded all the free anti-virus apps and here’s what I found…

iAntivirus: rated best. It had the most protection/coverage with 192 MB and was the only app that lets you see the actual viruses you’re protected against. Bitdefender rated second in coverage, but gave spurious messages about quarantined files that you put in your safelist. ClamXav was third, but it doesn’t look or behave like a standard Mac App and has a broken “quit” button (if you can get over that, it’s sufficient). VirusBarrier Express is next, but it protects against only a subset of Windows threats (Express is right!). Dr.Web Light is… well, last. The drop-down box in the “Threats”/ “Quarantine” tab appear broken, it doesn’t appear to handle Windows threats, and the only mechanism for scanning anything other than the system is drag-and-drop. It’s neither intuitive, nor comprehensive in coverage.

In short all of the above were functionally similar: they didn’t crash, they didn’t take over my machine, and they worked as advertised. The one I kept was the one that had the most protection and the most transparency. iAntivirus is from Norton/Symantec and they already have years of collecting definitions, so it makes sense they are the most complete. IMHO that’s what matters.

HACKRR about Dr.Web Light, v6.0.6