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Aluria Security Center 1.2.15

68

Fair

  • Pros
  • Good adware detection
  • Cons
  • Holes in virus detection
Performance
Cost of renewal when reviewed$28
PerformanceFair
WildList viruses100%
AV-Test threats: back doors78%
AV-Test threats: bots/zombies84%
AV-Test threats: Trojan horses63%
Heuristic detection with three-month-old signatures52%
Detection of malware within file archives74%
Detection of malware within runtime-compressed program files0%
Adware detection89%
Successful cleanup of malware files, Registry entries, and Hosts-file changes33%
Rate of false positives0.02%
Detection of malware embedded in Microsoft Office OLE objects75%
Detection of malware in password-protected Microsoft Office OLE objects100%
Firewall tests: protection from inside attacks30%
Firewall tests: protection from outside attacks75%
Scan speed (minutes)14.14
Percentage slowdown of WorldBench 5 application tests
ACD Systems ACDSee PowerPack 5.0.0.0025111%
Adobe Premiere 6.535%
Ahead Software Nero Express 6.0.0.349%
Microsoft Office 2002 SP-237%
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0.0.2980160%
Mozilla 1.4.0.200306240876%
Musicmatch Jukebox 7.10.105762%
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5.545.052%
WinZip Computing WinZip 8.1 SR-1 (5266)65%
Ease-of-use scoreGood
Support policies
Daily support hoursNone
Free phone supportNo
Cost of phone supportNone
Saturday support hoursNone
Sunday support hoursNone
Toll-free supportNone
E-mail supportYes
Live chatNo

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