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Internet Security

Last updated
November 29, 2007
Hands On Reviewed by
Erik Larkin
Pros
Cons
Full Specifications
Street price as of 11/7/07 - Very Inexpensive: $50 for use on up to three PCs
Solid as download, retail box, or both - Both
Performance - Good Detection of WildList threats during user scan - 100%
Real-time detection of WildList threats - 100%
Detection of back doors - 96%
Detection of bots/zombies - 98%
Detection of Trojan horses - 98%
Detection of worms - 100%
Detection of adware - 98%
Detection of spyware (banking-related) - 96%
Detection of spyware (password-stealing) - 96%
Heuristic detection (one-month-old signatures) - 28.5%
Heuristic detection (two-month-old signatures) - 24.5%
Detection of false positives - 0.06%
Outbreak response time - About 0 to 2 hours
Scan speed of on-demand scanner - 9.9 megabytes per second
Copy speed of 723MB file with real-time detection enabled - 5.52 megabytes per second
Disinfection of malware files and Registry entries - 30%
Detection of inactive rootkits - 100%
Detection of active rootkits - 83%
Removal of active rootkits - 83%
<B>Behavior-based detection</b>
Behavioral and other kinds of detection (like heuristics) - 100%
Pure behavior-based detection and blocking - 0%
Prevention and detection of malware files - 0%
Prevention and detection of malware files with removal of Registry values - 20%
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Adobe Reader 8.01 - Yes, but action could be denied
Incorrectly flagged changes made by DaemonTools 4 - Yes, but action could be denied
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Google Desktop - Yes, but action could be denied
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Microsoft Office 2007 - Yes, but action could be denied
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Windows Update - No
Firewall All ports closed - Yes
All ports stealth - Yes
Specifications Download/package or both - Both
Size of virus-definition files (including the scan engine) - 13.85 MB
Incremental update size (update was performed after seven days) - 7.25 MB
Antivirus - Yes
Antispyware - Yes
Firewall - Yes
Firewall avoided unnecessary pop-up alerts - No
Antispam - Yes
Antispam: Outlook plug-in - Yes
Antispam: Outlook Express plug-in - Yes
Antispam: Windows Mail plug-in - No
Antispam: Thunderbird plug-in - No
Web-based Antiphishing - Yes
IM traffic support - Yes
Parental controls - Yes
Data privacy features - Yes
File backup - No
Wi-Fi network protection - No
E-mail scans:pop3 - Yes
E-mail scans:smtp - Yes
E-mail scans:imap - No
Log report (Basic, Comprehensive, or Poor) - Basic
Auto-scan of USB drives - Yes
Default system scan scheduled - Yes
Support policies U.S. phone support - Yes
Toll-free phone number - Yes
Paid phone support - No
Cost of paid phone support - N/A
Weekday support hours - 24
Saturday support hours - 24
Sunday support hours - 24
E-mail support - Yes
Live chat - Yes
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