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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6
Reviewed on October 2, 2006
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 is light and fast and consistently wins detection awards against the competition; it's worthy of our Editors' Choice designation.
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Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus 7.1 Professional Single Edition
Reviewed on April 6, 2006
AVG Anti-Virus 7.1 Professional Single Edition is a solid, no-frills virus scanner. But you'll need to purchase antispyware software and a firewall for complete protection.
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Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2007
Reviewed on March 1, 2007
Trend Micro Antivirus plus Antispyware 2007 is a modest product, with its weak antivirus protection balanced by its superior antispyware protection, but it offers nowhere near the overall protection and value of other antivirus products we've seen.
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Kaspersky Internet Security 6
Reviewed on May 16, 2006
Kaspersky Internet Security 6 provides thorough protection against online threats, but ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 6 remains a better buy.
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CA Antivirus 2007
Reviewed on November 15, 2006
CA Antivirus 2007 provides a good antivirus engine, adequately protecting your desktop from basic malicious viruses and worms. But the application has a few interface glitches and provides less-than-optimal technical support.
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Norton AntiVirus 2006
Reviewed on November 9, 2005
Norton AntiVirus 2006 improves its detection and removal of spyware and adware but lags behind the more proactive McAfee VirusScan 2006.
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McAfee VirusScan 2006
Reviewed on November 9, 2005
With VirusScan 2006, McAfee greatly enhances user protection against spyware and adware threats but slows your system down in the process.
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Another antivirus software flaw detected
March 17, 2005
This time: McAfee. But the flaw does not affect current subscribers to the company's update service.
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McAfee update exterminates Excel
March 11, 2006
Company fixes mistake which, for a brief period, caused its antivirus tools to remove or quarantine Microsoft's Excel, and applications.
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MyDoom seeks to destroy antivirus firms
October 18, 2004
In worm's latest version, authors ridicule rival worm Netsky and promise to attack Symantec, McAfee and others.
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Microsoft's own antivirus fails to secure Vista
February 6, 2007
Test of 15 antivirus packages shows failures in four. Microsoft pledges improvements; McAfee says its updates weren't included.
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Evasion bug bites virus shields
November 1, 2005
Security researcher says an issue in several antivirus products could let malicious files pass undetected, but some in the industry say it's not a flaw.
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Happy birthday, Brain.A
January 19, 2006
Twenty years ago this month the first PC virus was discovered. It's extinct now, but its kin continues to pester computer users.
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AOL to offer free antivirus protection
October 28, 2004
America Online will bundle McAfee antivirus software into its service and stop charging for it.
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McAfee's Trojan horse error gets developer's goat
September 10, 2004
A software developer whose program was accidentally labeled a threat is considering action against the antivirus company.
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Reheated Bagle smokes out antivirus defenses
October 29, 2004
New version of mass-mailing worm, discovered Friday, tries to disable defenses on destination PCs. CNET Reviews: Bagle.bb prevention and cure
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Happy New Worm
January 2, 2004
Antivirus experts are warning of a troublesome, Christmas-themed e-mail worm and a virus that spreads via MSN Messenger, the popular instant-messaging application.
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Verizon broadband users to get Net security
October 22, 2003
The communication service provider teams up with Network Associates to offer protection against viruses and hacker attacks to its business customers.
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New MyDoom draws on IE flaw to spread
November 9, 2004
Antivirus firms tell PC users to turn on firewalls--Microsoft has yet to patch the Internet Explorer vulnerability.
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Virus writers use open-source methods
July 17, 2006
Antivirus vendor McAfee cites potential for harm if power, efficiency of open source is misused.
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