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F-Secure Internet Security Suite 2006

79

Good

  • Pros
  • Excellent at detecting malware
  • Cons
  • Scan speed is slow
Performance
Cost of renewal when reviewed$42
PerformanceGood
WildList viruses100%
AV-Test threats: back doors100%
AV-Test threats: bots/zombies99%
AV-Test threats: Trojan horses99%
Heuristic detection with three-month-old signatures76%
Detection of malware within file archives78%
Detection of malware within runtime-compressed program files81%
Adware detection50%
Successful cleanup of malware files, Registry entries, and Hosts-file changes31%
Rate of false positives0.04%
Detection of malware embedded in Microsoft Office OLE objects100%
Detection of malware in password-protected Microsoft Office OLE objects100%
Firewall tests: protection from inside attacks80%
Firewall tests: protection from outside attacks100%
Scan speed (minutes)28.78
Percentage slowdown of WorldBench 5 application tests
ACD Systems ACDSee PowerPack 5.0.0.00253%
Adobe Premiere 6.53%
Ahead Software Nero Express 6.0.0.36%
Microsoft Office 2002 SP-23%
Microsoft Windows Media Encoder 9.0.0.29803%
Mozilla 1.4.0.20030624086%
Musicmatch Jukebox 7.10.10571%
Roxio VideoWave Movie Creator 1.5.545.03%
WinZip Computing WinZip 8.1 SR-1 (5266)8%
Ease-of-use scoreVery Good
Support policies
Daily support hours24
Free phone supportYes
Cost of phone supportNone
Saturday support hours24
Sunday support hours24
Toll-free supportYes
E-mail supportYes
Live chatNo

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