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Internet Security Barrier X6 is a decent security software for Mac.  It has an anti-virus to weed out whatever that might attack Mac.  Yes, people agree that Mac may not need an anti-virus, but I’ve to say anything is possible and virus on Mac is certainly one of those uncertain possibilities.  With viruses on your mind and through the Internet Security Barrier X6, Mac’s viruses may find it hard to infect your Mac.

Another awesome feature in Internet Security Barrier X6 is a firewall.  It was so simple to set up!  All you have to do is to choose a level, and a stricter a level the better for you.  There are couple levels that you can choose with Internet Security Barrier X6′s firewall, but I recommend the strictest level such as “Client only!”  This means no server software that are installed on your system will be able to communicate with the external requests.  Sure, the default firewall which has came with Mac is quite adequate, but it does not regulated the outgoing connections.  In a bad case when a Trojan has got into your machine, Internet Security Barrier X6′s firewall may able to pop up an alert/request for you to decide if you want such a Trojan to connect to the external destinations, and the obvious answer is no — this is where you answer no to the firewall’s alert/request.

Internet Security Barrier X6 also has other features such as Personal Antispam and Personal Backup.  All in all, I think Internet Security Barrier X6 from Intego is a great security solution for Mac users, but I dislike how its “Behavioral Analysis” in “Scan Settings” has slowed down or froze my MacBook Pro even though a 2.66 GHz Core I7 processor with Turbo Boost of 3.33GHz is presented.  I have had  disabled the “Behavioral Analysis” in “Scan Settings” for MacBook Pro to be responsive.

Besides the crazy resource hogging nature of “Behavioral Analysis” feature of Internet Security Barrier X6, everything else is very smooth!  Scanning for virus is fast and is not too heavy on my MacBook Pro, but I don’t know how intensive this software will be for the lower end versions of Mac machines.  Have you had a good experience or a bad one with Internet Security Barrier X6?  Why not write a comment or two and share with everyone what you think about this specific product which targets Mac users.