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| 1 | Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6
• Download price when reviewed: $50 ($35 renewal)
• Malware detection rate: 96%
• Proactive detection: 51%
• System slowdown: 10%
• Ease of use: Superior
• False-positive detections: 6
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This effective but expensive program has solid malware detection and the fastest outbreak-response time among currently tested competitors.
(Last Rated: April 23, 2007)
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| 2 | Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2007
• Download price when reviewed: $40 ($39 renewal)
• Malware detection rate: 96%
• Proactive detection: 49%
• System slowdown: 10%
• Ease of use: Superior
• False-positive detections: 3
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Symantec's solid program wins top marks for antivirus detection and cleanup, but its renewal and support costs are high.
(Last Rated: April 23, 2007)
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| 3 | BitDefender Antivirus 10
• Download price when reviewed: $30 ($22 renewal)
• Malware detection rate: 96%
• Proactive detection: 61%
• System slowdown: 124%
• Ease of use: Superior
• False-positive detections: 14
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BitDefender has excellent malware detection and a good price, but it's hamstrung by a noticeable (though not show-stopping) system slowdown.
(Last Rated: April 23, 2007)
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| 4 | Eset NOD32
• Download price when reviewed: $39 ($27 renewal)
• Malware detection rate: 90%
• Proactive detection: 79%
• System slowdown: 5%
• Ease of use: Very Good
• False-positive detections: 6
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NOD32 has the best proactive protection by far, but its overall malware detection is second-tier, and it has an overly technical interface.
(Last Rated: April 23, 2007)
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| 5 | Panda Antivirus 2007
• Download price when reviewed: $30 ($30 renewal)
• Malware detection rate: 90%
• Proactive detection: 56%
• System slowdown: 4%
• Ease of use: Very Good
• False-positive detections: 3
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This competitively priced option provides good proactive protection, average overall malware detection, and a poor disinfection rate.
(Last Rated: April 23, 2007)
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| 6 | Alwil Avast 4 Antivirus Professional Edition
• Download price when reviewed: $40 ($28 renewal)
• Malware detection rate: 92%
• Proactive detection: 37%
• System slowdown: 4%
• Ease of use: Good
• False-positive detections: 5
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This program has decent overall malware detection, but poor proactive protection and an awkward interface. It also lacks U.S. phone support.
(Last Rated: April 23, 2007)
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| 7 | Grisoft AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus Professional
• Download price when reviewed: $30 ($15 renewal)
• Malware detection rate: 91%
• Proactive detection: 34%
• System slowdown: 2%
• Ease of use: Good
• False-positive detections: 1
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The least-expensive program we tested, AVG has average overall malware detection, the worst proactive protection, and a clunky interface.
(Last Rated: April 23, 2007)
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| 8 | Trend Micro AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2007
• Download price when reviewed: $40 ($40 renewal)
• Malware detection rate: 82%
• Proactive detection: 43%
• System slowdown: 9%
• Ease of use: Very Good
• False-positive detections: 0
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Trend Micro's poor performance at detecting malicious software (overall and proactive) put it at the bottom of the barrel in our ranking.
(Last Rated: April 23, 2007)
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