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, see 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

The Behavioral analysis engine supports the following Linux versions:

  • CentOS 7.x
  • Debian 10.x, 11.x
  • CloudLinux 7.x, 8.x
  • Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04
macOS
  • macOS 10.13.x and later

Supported features per platform

Antimalware protection for Linux and macOS is available with the Advanced Security pack and requires additional purchasing.

Antivirus and Antimalware protection

Feature Windows Linux macOS
Fully-integrated Active Protection functionality Yes No No
Real-time antimalware protection Yes

Yes

Yes
Advanced real-time antimalware protection with local signature-based detection Yes

Yes

Yes
Static analysis for portable executable files Yes No

Yes1
On-demand antimalware scanning Yes

Yes2

Yes
Network folder protection Yes

No3

 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

Yes4
Processes exclusions Yes No Yes
Behavioral analysis engine Yes Yes5

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 management6 Yes No No
Microsoft Defender Antivirus management7 Yes No No
Microsoft Security Essentials management Yes No No
Registering and managing Antivirus and Antimalware protection via Windows Security Center Yes No No

1 Static analysis for portable executable files is supported only for scheduled scans on macOS.

2 Start conditions are not supported for on-demand scanning on Linux.

3 Network folders in Linux are treated as local folders, hence Active Protection will automatically protect network folders in Linux OS, as if they are local folders.

4 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.

5 The Behavioral analysis engine supports the following Linux versions:

  • CentOS 7.x
  • Debian 10.x, 11.x
  • CloudLinux 7.x, 8.x
  • Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04

6 Firewall management is supported on Windows 8 and later. Windows Server is not supported.

7 Microsoft Defender Antivirus management is supported on Windows 8.1 and later.

For more information about the supported operating systems and their versions, see Supported operating systems for antivirus and antimalware protection.

Active Protection

Feature Windows Linux macOS
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 No* Yes
Server-side protection Yes No No
Zoom, Cisco Webex, Citrix Workspace, and Microsoft Teams protection Yes No No

*Network folders in Linux are treated as local folders, hence Active Protection will automatically protect network folders in Linux OS, as if they are local folders.

For more information about the supported operating systems and their versions, see Supported operating systems for antivirus and antimalware protection.