Hi.. as a Kaspersky Internet Security user, I have to chip in
with my own personal review. I was a McAfee internet security suite
user and a Norton user as well during the Pentium 4 days.
I am currently using KIS7.0 (7.0.0.119 to be exact) which is a beta
version. I bought the license from Challenger Funan for $88 cuz I
am not a Challenger member. A member can buy the security suite for
$68 only.
When I was using McAfee, I suffered from very slow startups and
shutdown. Startup can last up to
3min--using 2Gb of RAM. Worse still, I noticed my computer is
behaving weirdly. I can suddenly get transferred to a porn site.
And I get silly messages and my internet connection seemed weird--
I am using Singtel Mio plan 3Mbps.
After installing KIS6.0 (one of the most expensive internet
security suite), without doing any scan, its real time protection
immediately caught 3 trojans and a few possible spywares. Also, I
get updates every hour, memory usuage when doing full scan is
around 26,500k. Much less than using Firefox or Superanti-spyware!
I can do a full system scan + surf net + microsoft office
applications while enabling real time protection for
Superantispyware with no change in speed.
I upgrade to its beta version 7.0 because it incorporates heuristic
analyser as well as using its own signature-based virus database.
It also have the new Parental control which I don't need. When I
was using McAfee, spybot S & D never fails to pick up numerous
threats including cookies and a couple of possible spywares.
However, one thing I have to warn is the installation part. KIS is
very very incompatible with leftover parts that the previous
anti-virus has left behind. When I installed and rebooted my comp,
I immediately get the BSOD because McAfee uninstaller does'nt fully
remove the parts.
