Supported operating systems for antivirus and antimalware protection
Active protection, antivirus and antimalware features are supported on the following platforms.
| Operating system | Version/Distribution |
|---|---|
| Windows |
Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and later Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 and later
For Windows 7, you must install the following updates from Microsoft before installing the protection agent. For more information on the required updates, refer to this knowledge base article. |
| Linux |
Red Hat Linux 7.x, 8.x, 9.x CloudLinux 6.10, 7.x, 8.x CentOS 6.5 and later 6.x versions, 7.x, 8.x Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 22.10 Debian 8.x, 9.x, 10,x, 11.x Oracle Linux 7.x, 8.x, 9.x SUSE Enterprise Linux 15.x openSUSE Leap 15.x |
| macOS | macOS 10.13.x and later |
Supported features per platform
| Feature set | Windows | Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus and Antimalware protection | |||
| Fully-integrated Active Protection functionality | Yes | No | No |
| Real-time antimalware protection | Yes |
Yes, with the Advanced Antimalware pack |
Yes, with the Advanced Antimalware pack |
| Advanced real-time antimalware protection with local signature-based detection | Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Static analysis for portable executable files | Yes | No |
Yes* |
| On-demand antimalware scanning | Yes |
Yes** |
Yes |
| Network folder protection | Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Server-side protection | Yes | No | No |
| Scan of archive files | Yes | No |
Yes |
| Scan of removable drives | Yes | No |
Yes |
| Scan of new and changed files only | Yes | No |
Yes |
| File/folder exclusions | Yes |
Yes |
Yes*** |
| Processes exclusions | Yes | No | Yes |
| Behavioral analysis engine | Yes | No |
Yes |
| Exploit prevention | Yes | No | No |
| Quarantine | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Quarantine auto clean-up | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| URL filtering (http/https) | Yes | No | No |
| Corporate-wide whitelist | Yes | No |
Yes |
| Firewall management**** | Yes | No | No |
| Microsoft Defender Antivirus management***** | Yes | No | No |
| Microsoft Security Essentials management | Yes | No | No |
| Registering and managing Antivirus and Antimalware protection via Windows Security Center | Yes | No | No |
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For more information about the supported operating systems and their versions, see Supported operating systems for antivirus and antimalware protection. |
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* Static analysis for portable executable files is supported only for scheduled scans on macOS.
** Start conditions are not supported for on-demand scanning on Linux.
*** File/folder exclusions are only supported for the case when you specify files and folders that will not be scanned by real-time protection or scheduled scans on macOS.
**** Firewall management is supported on Windows 8 and later. Windows Server is not supported.
***** Microsoft Defender Antivirus management is supported on Windows 8.1 and later.
| Feature set | Windows | Linux | macOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active Protection | |||
| Process Injects detection | Yes | No | No |
| Automatic recovery of affected files from the local cache | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Self-defense for Acronis backup files | Yes | No | No |
| Self-defense for Acronis software | Yes | No |
Yes (Only Active Protection and antimalware components) |
| Trusted/blocked process management | Yes | No | Yes |
| Processes/folders exclusions | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Ransomware detection based on a process behavior (AI-based) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Cryptomining process detection based on process behavior | Yes | No | No |
| External drives protection (HDD, flash drives, SD cards) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Network folder protection | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Server-side protection | Yes | No | No |
| Zoom, Cisco Webex, Citrix Workspace, and Microsoft Teams protection | Yes | No | No |
| For more information about the supported operating systems and their versions, see Supported operating systems for antivirus and antimalware protection. | |||