Top 10 Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware of 2006
A Review
Saturday, May 6, 2006 by Mithun Pal | Discussion: Personal Computing
There are several reviews on Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware on the web. One I found at Top10Reviews.com.The review result is just as follows:
Top 10 Anti-Virus of 2006: A Review by Top10Reviews.com
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| ICSA 2005 Certified | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| VB100% 2005 Certified | √ | √ | √ | √ |
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| W.C.L Level 1 Certified | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| W.C.L Level 2 Certified | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| Virus Defintions Updated (Average) | 2-3 hours | hourly | 1-10 Days | Daily | As Needed | Daily | Weekly | Daily | Daily | Daily |
| Scanning Time 80 GB HardDrive | 20 Min | 8 Min | 35 Min | 30 Min | 24 Min | 1 Hour | 35 Min | 24 Min | 30 Min | 35 Min |
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| On-access Scanning | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Realtime Scanning | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| On-demand Scanning | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Scheduled Scanning | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Heuristic Scanning | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Manual Scanning | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Adware/Spyware Scanning | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| Script Blocking | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Scan Compressed Files | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Auto-Clean Infected Files | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Quarantines Infected Files | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Email POP3 Protection | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| Instant Messaging Protection | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |
| P2P/File Sharing Protection | √ | √ | ||||||||
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| Detailed Virus Information | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
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| Yearly Subscriptions to Definition Updates | $14.97 | $39.95 | $39.95 | $24.95 | $27.30 | $34.95 | $29.95 | $33.30 | $9.95 | $39.95 |
| Automatic Definition Updates | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Automatic Program Updates | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
| Manual Definition Updates | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Manual Program Updates | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
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| Product details | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail |
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| Windows XP | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Windows 2000 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ |
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| Windows 98 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||
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| TOP TEN PRODUCTS | BitDefender | Kaspersky | F-Secure | PC-cillin | ESET Nod32 |
McAfee VirusScan |
Norton Antivirus |
AVG AntiVirus |
eTrust Antivirus |
Norman Virus |
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Top 10 Anti-Spyware of 2006: A Review by Top10Reviews.com
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| Components that are Searched For | 105,000+ | 36,000 | NA | 37,691 | 56,940 | 23,675 | NA | 36,254 | NA | 38,996 | |||||||||||
| Rollback/Restore Capabilities | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
| Indicates Spyware Severity | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
| Descriptions of Found Spyware | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
| Scan Scheduling | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
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| Tracking Cookie Blocking | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
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| Keyloggers | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
| Trojans | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
| Active X Configuration | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||
| Scumware | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
| Dialers | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
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| Data Mining | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
| Parasites | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||||
| Toolbars | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||
| Drive-By Download | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||||
| Tracking Cookies | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||
| Spyware Registry Keys | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
| Browser Hijackers/BHO's | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
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| Knowledge Base/FAQs | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
| Forums/Email | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | ||||||||||||
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| Product Details | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | Detail | |||||||||||
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| 2000 | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | √ | |||||||||||
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| TOP TEN PRODUCTS | Spy Sweeper |
Spyware Eliminator |
Counter Spy |
Trend Micro |
Anti Spy |
Spy Doctor |
Pest Patrol |
Ad-aware Pro |
Spyware Begone |
McAfee AntiSpy |
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So, according to the review of Top10Reviews.com BitDefender and Spy Sweeper are the winners in the Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware section respectively. What's your decision? Want to go with the leader?
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StephanA
Reply #42 Thursday, June 8, 2006 5:07 PM
Reply #42 Thursday, June 8, 2006 5:07 PM
Bash2Cool gets responses. I can't even get lettering size to respond.
Adamness
Reply #43 Friday, June 9, 2006 2:29 PM
Reply #43 Friday, June 9, 2006 2:29 PM
Maybe it will update when using forums.wincustomize.com...
Edit: nope...
Anyone else seeing this problem in other threads?
Edit: nope...
Anyone else seeing this problem in other threads?
PredictorX
Reply #44 Saturday, October 14, 2006 6:04 PM
Reply #44 Saturday, October 14, 2006 6:04 PM
Before buying anything from Herman Street, I strongly suggest checking out their vendor reviews at ResellerRatings.com:
http://www.resellerratings.com/seller11505.html
http://www.resellerratings.com/seller11505.html
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Reply #41 Thursday, June 8, 2006 4:41 PM