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    Anti Buddha

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  1. Review - Kaspersky Internet Security 2010

    6.0.2.614 Beta (Feb 11, 2007)

    As noted in prior reviews, at present there isn't a security suite out there that wins in every category. After 3 years of using the Kaspersky Anti-virus product with complete satisfaction (KAV and Nod32 are the best AV's on the market) I switched over to the Kaspersky Suite for the following reasons:

    1) Although the firewall component of this suite is probably slightly inferior to ZoneAlarm's, I use a hardware firewall and am more concerned about malware than network attacks. For me, the Kaspersky firewall component is more than adequate.

    2) Not having subscriptions in sinc is a pain. I only have to deal with subscription issues with my AV/firewall once a year with this suite.

    3) NOD32 does not offer a firewall.

    4) I'm running Kaspersky on a Vista operating system. ZoneAlarm, like many other security products, was not ready at Vista release. This tells me a lot about which companies really have their acts together in keeping their products up to date. I have had no KIS/Vista compatibility or install issues.

    5) Kaspersky support has been outstanding. The support group is exceptionally fast at dealing with inquiries/problems. Very professional.

  2. Review - Webroot Spy Sweeper

    5.2.3.2120 (Feb 2, 2007)

    According to Webroot, the latest version (actually 5.3.1.2344) is supposed to be Vista compliant. I'm convinced Spysweeper jumped the gun on this one. I have yet to complete a scan with Vista running. I'm running a 3.0 GHz Pentium IV (dual) processor with 2047 MB of ram, so processing power and system memory shouldn't be an issue. I've had no other problems with running any of my other programs including my Kaspersky Internet Security with Vista and in fact have to say I'm pleasantly surprised with how efficiently Vista handles programs. I've shut down every non-essential running process and still can't complete a Spysweeper scan. Trying to run it overnight results in my system actually going to sleep without completing the scan. According to the Spysweeper website, Vista users should request a special download, but when I click the link provided, I get an email with standard XP and older version download options wit the 5.3.2344 being the most recent build.

  3. Review - Webroot Spy Sweeper

    4.0.3.363 (Jun 14, 2005)

    I've been using this product for several months and the latest build removed one lingering concern. The previous version hogged resources and took too long. Aside from that, it did a superb job of catching spyware and still does. This new build scanned my system in half the time the old build took and had very little effect on the performance of my machine while the scan was being done.

  4. Review - AOL Explorer

    Beta Build 0.89 (Mar 26, 2005)

    Why open your door even a tiny bit to the ultimate Trojan Horse, AOL? Do you really need another browser? (Would you like a piece of candy little girl?) My advice is to keep anything associated with AOL off of your computer. If you're the type that doesn't mind overpaying for overly intrusive software (I'm talking AOL's one size fits all approach) and turning over control of your computer to a suite of second rate products then go for it. Otherwise, keep anything associated with this unprincipaled goliath away from your door.

  5. Review - TrojanHunter

    4.2 Build 908 (Mar 2, 2005)

    I don't think it's reasonable to rate a dedicated anti-trojan 5 stars--ever. Neither industry leader TDS-3 nor Trojan Hunter have ever been able to get ahead of the curve. The best a user can hope for is a company that dedicates itself to catching all the known trojans and figuring out how to catch the new ones as quickly as possible. With all due respect to httpd, whose reviews are first rate, Trojan Hunter addressed the "flux" trojan within days of its discovery, and shortly after httpd's complaint. That having been said, I agree with him that is should have been sooner. After sampling TDS-3 I put my money down for Trojan Hunter primarily because I don't care to make a hobby out of fiddling with my security software and I truly respect the accesibility of Magnus Mischel. TDS-3 is great, but then again, is part of its mystique all the tinkering its users have to go through? And where the hell is this TDS-4 they've been talking about for the past year? Generally Kaspersky beats everyone to the punch anyway, be it virus or trojan, but we paranoids do need our backups. Trojan Hunter is a good product that will unfortunately always be fighting the last war, but is best in its class for the non-hobbyist.