Security Suites 
Side-by-Side Comparison 
Monday, December 03, 2007, 03:00 PM PST 
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Full SpecsFull SpecsFull SpecsFull SpecsStreet price as of 11/7/07  Average: $70 for use on up to three PCs Expensive: $80 for use on up to three PCs Expensive: $87 for use on up to three PCs  
Solid as download, retail box, or both Both Both Download  
Performance Very Good Very Good Very Good  
Detection of WildList threats during user scan 100% 100% 100%  
Real-time detection of WildList threats 100% 100% 100%  
Detection of back doors 83% 94% 98%  
Detection of bots/zombies 90% 97% 97%  
Detection of Trojan horses 92% 96% 98%  
Detection of worms 94% 96% 97%  
Detection of adware 77% 85% 98%  
Detection of spyware (banking-related) 92% 90% 96%  
Detection of spyware (password-stealing) 90% 92% 98%  
Heuristic detection (one-month-old signatures) 9.5% 14% 21%  
Heuristic detection (two-month-old signatures) 7% 10.5% 18%  
Detection of false positives 0.00% 0.03% 0.02%  
Outbreak response time About 6 to 8 hours About 0 to 2 hours About 2 to 4 hours  
Scan speed of on-demand scanner 16.07 megabytes per second 5.24 megabytes per second 10.33 megabytes per second  
Copy speed of 723MB file with real-time detection enabled 7.09 megabytes per second 5.32 megabytes per second 9.15 megabytes per second  
Disinfection of malware files and Registry entries 80% 70% 40%  
Detection of inactive rootkits 100% 67% 67%  
Detection of active rootkits 100% 100% 67%  
Removal of active rootkits 100% 33% 67%  
<B>Behavior-based detection</b>     
Behavioral and other kinds of detection (like heuristics) 80% 100% 80%  
Pure behavior-based detection and blocking 14% 0% 0%  
Prevention and detection of malware files 40% 20% 40%  
Prevention and detection of malware files with removal of Registry values 20% 100% 0%  
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Adobe Reader 8.01 No No No  
Incorrectly flagged changes made by DaemonTools 4 No Yes, but action could be denied No  
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Google Desktop No Yes, but action could be denied Yes, but action could be denied  
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Microsoft Office 2007 No Yes, but action could be denied No  
Incorrectly flagged changes made by Windows Update No Yes, but action could be denied No  
Firewall     
All ports closed Yes Yes No  
All ports stealth Yes Yes No  
Specifications     
Download/package or both Both Both Download  
Size of virus-definition files (including the scan engine) 42.10 MB 14.55 MB 16.65 MB  
Incremental update size (update was performed after seven days) 1.20 MB 0.80 MB 2.35 MB  
Antivirus Yes Yes Yes  
Antispyware Yes Yes Yes  
Firewall Yes Yes Yes  
Firewall avoided unnecessary pop-up alerts Yes Yes No  
Antispam Yes Yes Yes  
Antispam: Outlook plug-in Yes Yes No  
Antispam: Outlook Express plug-in Yes Yes No  
Antispam: Windows Mail plug-in No No No  
Antispam: Thunderbird plug-in No No No  
Web-based Antiphishing Yes Yes No  
IM traffic support Yes Yes No  
Parental controls Yes Yes No  
Data privacy features Yes Yes No  
File backup No No No  
Wi-Fi network protection Yes Yes No  
E-mail scans:pop3 Yes Yes Yes  
E-mail scans:smtp Yes Yes No  
E-mail scans:imap No Yes No  
Log report (Basic, Comprehensive, or Poor) Comprehensive Comprehensive Comprehensive  
Auto-scan of USB drives Yes Yes Yes  
Default system scan scheduled Yes No No  
Support policies     
U.S. phone support Yes Yes No  
Toll-free phone number Yes Yes N/A  
Paid phone support Yes No N/A  
Cost of paid phone support $10 per incident N/A N/A  
Weekday support hours 24 13 0  
Saturday support hours 24 0 0  
Sunday support hours 24 0 0  
E-mail support Yes Yes Yes  
Live chat Yes Yes No 
 
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