A simple package that combines two detection engines for maximum efficacy
German security specialist G Data has been producing anti-virus software for over 20 years, but there’s nothing retro about anti virus 2008.
Open it up and you see a basic user interface giving direct access to the main functions (starting and scheduling scans and updates), as well as a few information panels. Click on “Options” and you can set some default behaviors and toogle options like heuristics. As with Spyware Doctor . the emphasis is on practically.
An old favourite gets a new look.
Now in version 8.0, AVG’s latest release appears to have taken a page or three form from Vista. A redesigned interface sports high-resolution icons and a more colorful palette, and even the system tray icon feels borrowed from Microsoft’s newest OS;turn off one of the security modules and the icon turns red, alerting you to impending doom, even if you’ve only disabled the spam filter. That’s just wacky. Thankfully, you can turn off the ominous notifications.
For the latest version of its AV suite, Symantec went back to the drawing board and completely rewrote the program from the ground up with a focus on speed. Even the installer has been revamped, in an attempt to reduce setup time to less than a minute ( we clocked it at 55 second). Symantec coded its own propriety installer instead of using Microsoft’s, as it has in the past.
Most enthusiasts view McAfee as just another resource hog often found in OEM systems alongside perfomancepillaging bloatware. Fair assessment or not, this is the perception McAfee’s up against in trying to win over the PC elite. It helps that the company isn’t blissfully unaware of the importance placed on perfomance; its latest edition promises to raise the bar with a more efficient engine that won’t drag your system down.
