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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $70 ($50 renewal),
Performance: Very Good,
Design: Good,
Features: Superior
Bottom Line: Symantec's suite produced top-tier malware detection and cleanup scores, but it would benefit from a more streamlined interface and fewer pop-up alerts.
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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $70 ($35 renewal),
Performance: Superior,
Design: Fair,
Features: Superior
Bottom Line: The excellent malware detection and cleanup scores of McAfee's full-featured suite make up for its terrible installation routine.
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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $80 ($60 renewal),
Performance: Very Good,
Design: Good,
Features: Superior
Bottom Line: Panda has superior heuristics, a top-notch firewall, and speedy on-demand scanning, but its interface needs better organization.
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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $60 ($42 renewal),
Performance: Good,
Design: Very Good,
Features: Very Good
Bottom Line: This suite's five scanning engines--including one for rootkits--produced excellent malware detection scores but the slowest scan speed.
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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $50 ($25 renewal),
Performance: Good,
Design: Very Good,
Features: Good
Bottom Line: Trend Micro's interface, speed, and features (including an antiphishing toolbar) were better than its malware detection scores.
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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $70 ($25 renewal),
Performance: Good,
Design: Very Good,
Features: Very Good
Bottom Line: Zone Labs' feature-rich suite combines a superior firewall with an older version of CA's antivirus scanner, which did not perform well in our tests.
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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $50 ($50 renewal),
Performance: Good,
Design: Good,
Features: Poor
Bottom Line: The beta version of this new subscription-based PC tune-up and security package performed well but isn't as full featured or as highly configurable as other suites.
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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $70 ($40 renewal),
Performance: Good,
Design: Good,
Features: Good
Bottom Line: The least integrated suite we tested, CA's product combines Zone Labs' excellent firewall with lackluster antivirus and antispyware protection.
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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $65 ($49 renewal),
Performance: Good,
Design: Good,
Features: Good
Bottom Line: Despite strong antivirus protection, BitDefender has an underperforming adware scanner and a cryptic firewall. Scan speed was slow.
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Last Rated: May 20, 2006
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Price when reviewed: $40 ($28 renewal),
Performance: Fair,
Design: Good,
Features: Fair
Bottom Line: This slow suite handled adware well, but it failed to catch boot viruses, which--while negligible in number--should have been easy to detect.
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