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GFs dad clicked on an email phishing link he thought came from my GF (they used a random email from a yahoo account but the From: name was from her..) on his mac and I recommended that he install an antivirus. We installed Avast for Mac and he had over 30,000 infected files. His Mac has files from over 10 years+his TimeMachine backup drive and the scan didn't even finish (was approaching 43 hours when we decided to end it). The scan was slowing his Mac to the point where he couldn't use it while it was scanning, and since Avast is missing more than half the normal features of the Windows version (can't pause, can't schedule a scan) what would be a good alternative? I'm not sure if the majority of these infected files are Windows files or Mac ones, but they aren't good lying dormant on there nonetheless.
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Maybe mcaffee or clamxav. I'm not sure if they're better but they're alternatives.

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AMD Performance Edition (Patriot Memory) 12gb Hitachi 7k3000 OCZ Agility 3 Patriot Memory Pyro 
Hard DriveOptical DriveOptical DriveCooling
Mushkin Chronos Asus DVD Player LiteOn DVD Writer 7x Revoltec Blue LED fans 
CoolingOSMonitorKeyboard
NZXT Havik 140 Windows 7 Home Premium 21" acer monitor old HP Keyboard 
PowerCaseMouseMouse Pad
XFX Pro core edition 550w Aerocool XPredator Evil Blue Window Edition  Sharkoon Darkglider roccat sense 
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I suggest Sophos. It's what we use at work. It's light weight and has a small footprint. Give it a try.

http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition/download.aspx
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