Reviews
Internet Security
Last updated
November 29, 2007
November 29, 2007
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 |
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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 |
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Firewall
All ports closed
- Yes
All ports stealth - Yes |
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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 |
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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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