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  • Overall Rating
    3 stars 3 Star Review
    Reviewed by: PCShawn

    Updated:04-22-08

    Duration of ownership:2 Months

    Strengths: Anti-virus engine rocks!

    Weaknesses: Anti-phishing needs work. Internet Explorer does a better job at identifying phishing websites!

    Overall Evaluation: Found a hidden Trojan that NIS 2008 failed to detect. Continuously updates the software. Technical support doesn't get back to you when there's an issue even after you have an incident number. Firewall disables itself during virus scan. Microsoft Outlook plugin doesn't work. Has to re-initialize if you attempt to use the spam wizard. Would still choose this over NIS 2008 for the virus detection and privacy control feature.

  • Overall Rating
    4 stars 4 Star Review
    Reviewed by: kpruppel

    Updated:05-31-07

    Duration of ownership:2 Years

    Strengths: Unobtrusive and fast, as an app of this category should be.

    Weaknesses: It checks for updates often (which I suppose is good, after all), but it freezes the system until it is done, usually 10-15 seconds. This is minor, tho.

    Overall Evaluation: It got very high ratings from that German review board (which I forget right now), so I gave it a try. It has not disappointed. They added active anti-spy support for free. It auto-updates periodically throughout the day, which, as I said earlier, is reassuring. I remember the days when Norton only updated on Thursdays! (What about a new virus on Friday, right?) It stopped 2 emails in 2 years, so I know it's there, doing its job. Otherwise, it is so unobtrusive, which I think is what I like the most about it. After all, I have to trust that it does a good job (being highly rated, plus no problems on my machine in 2 years), but that I hardly know it is there makes that a terrific combination of qualities. And it's very inexpensive, purchased online.

  • Overall Rating
    5 stars 5 Star Review
    Reviewed by: mydogbuster

    Updated:05-29-07

    Duration of ownership:1 Months

    Strengths: easy to install, good price, does what it's supposed to do

    Weaknesses: not in many stores, still testing for technical issues

    Overall Evaluation: i bought this after my symantec expired on the advice of a friend (he is a self-described 'geek'. lol!). i had a little trouble finding it in stores. the company sells it online, but i like to have the physical cd's for everything. i finally did find it and for much cheaper than i thought. the store i got it from had buy one year, get one free (not sure if that is just in the u.s. or not). it was really easy to install and very fast. i only have it on one pc so far, though the license allows for two pc's to be covered. the product visuals look very scientific (symantec is kind of stupid-easy looking), but it was actually not confusing at all. i am not the most computer savvy, but i also don't need to be talked down to! the software did a scan once i loaded it and it discvered an attack that my old antivirus did not find. i looked it up later and this was a very bad one, i guess. the bitdefender stuff cleaned my pc right away. i don't have any complaints so far and it seems to be working without annoying me (i hate hate hate when i get a bunch of notifications while i am trying to do other things).

  • Overall Rating
    4 stars 4 Star Review
    Reviewed by: whatuphomey

    Updated:03-04-08

    Duration of ownership:2 Months

    Strengths: Lots of definition updates, comprehensive package

    Weaknesses: None

    Overall Evaluation: This is a good product...it offers pretty much all of what you need for protecting a PC on the internet. Seems to be easy on system resources. The updates of definitions is very frequent, which is good considering the pace of new viruses. I'd recommend this product.

  • Overall Rating
    4 stars 4 Star Review
    Reviewed by: Jackdan10

    Updated:08-21-07

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Constant updates and free tech support. It has a decent firewall.

    Weaknesses: Not anything major.

    Overall Evaluation: I didn't experience any slowing down of my computer (as an other reviewer did). I like the fact that the CD is bootable.Overall, it doesn't seem much better (or worse) than most other internet security suites.

  • Overall Rating
    3 stars 3 Star Review
    Reviewed by: woodsley

    Updated:08-12-07

    Duration of ownership:1 Months

    Strengths: do a basic job

    Weaknesses: slow down the computer

    Overall Evaluation: This software basically does the same task with the other equivalent software (e.g. McAfee or Norton). It cannot prevent all spywares or viruses as expected. The software also slows down your computer.

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