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Test results
CHOICE Expert Rating
Protection score
Ease of use score
System impact score
Comments
Good points
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Flags search result for MS Edge
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Has local network scanner function
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Low impact on system resources
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Flags search result for MS Edge
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Has local network scanner function
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Good ease of use
- A bootable USB key can be created
- Can be downloaded to a bootable USB key
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- A bootable USB key can be created
- Can be downloaded to a bootable USB key
- Flags search result for MS Edge
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Has local network scanner function
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Has local network scanner function
- Low impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Very good ease of use
- Good overall
- Good protection against malware
- Flags bad URL in webpage for Chrome and MS Edge
- Flags search result for MS Edge
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome and MS Edge
- Has password protection on settings
- Has toolbar for Chrome and MS Edge
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Flags search result for MS Edge
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome and MS Edge
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Very good ease of use
- Very good overall
- Very good protection against malware
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome and MS Edge
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Flags bad URL in webpage for Chrome, Firefox and Safari
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and Safari
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Can be downloaded to a bootable USB key
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome
- Has local network scanner function
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Very good ease of use
- Very good overall
- Very good protection against malware
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Has local network scanner function
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Very good ease of use
- Good overall
- Good protection against malware
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome and Firefox
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- A bootable USB key can be created
- Can be downloaded to a bootable USB key
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Can be downloaded to a bootable USB key
- Flags bad URL in webpage for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Flags search result for MS Edge
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Can be downloaded to a bootable USB key
- Flags bad URL in webpage for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Flags search result for MS Edge
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and Safari
- Low impact on system resources
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Flags bad URL in webpage for MS Edge
- Flags search result for MS Edge
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Very good overall
- Very good protection against malware
- A bootable USB key can be created
- Can be downloaded to a bootable USB key
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Very good overall
- Very good protection against malware
- A bootable USB key can be created
- Can be downloaded to a bootable USB key
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Excellent overall
- Excellent protection against malware
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent ease of use
- Very good overall
- Good protection against malware
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and Safari
- Has password protection on settings
- Minimal impact on system resources
- Excellent protection against malware
- Very good ease of use
- Very good overall
- Low impact on system resources
- Very good ease of use
- Very good overall
- Very good protection against malware
- Flags bad URL in webpage for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Flags search result for MS Edge
- Has extension or plug-in for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Minimal impact on system resources
Bad points
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- No anti-spam capability
- No parental controls
- No anti-ransomware capability
- No anti-spam capability
- No built-in firewall
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- Automatically disables Windows Firewall
- No anti-spam capability
- No parental controls
- No anti-phishing capability
- No anti-ransomware capability
- No anti-spam capability
- No anti-spyware capability
- No email attachment scanner
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- No anti-spam capability
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- Automatically disables Windows Firewall
- No anti-spam capability
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- No anti-spam capability
- No built-in firewall
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- Automatically disables Windows Firewall
- No anti-spam capability
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- No anti-spam capability
- No built-in firewall
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- No anti-phishing capability
- No anti-spam capability
- No anti-spyware capability
- No built-in firewall
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- No anti-spam capability
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- No anti-spam capability
- No built-in firewall
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- No anti-spam capability
- No built-in firewall
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- Automatically disables Windows Firewall
- No anti-ransomware capability
- No anti-spam capability
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- Automatically disables Windows Firewall
- No anti-ransomware capability
- No anti-spam capability
- No built-in firewall
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- Automatically disables Windows Firewall
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- No anti-spam capability
- No built-in firewall
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- Automatically disables Windows Firewall
- No parental controls
- No anti-ransomware capability
- No anti-spam capability
- No built-in firewall
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- Automatically disables Windows Firewall
- Changes default search engine for Chrome and Firefox
- No anti-ransomware capability
- No anti-spam capability
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- No anti-phishing capability
- No anti-spam capability
- No email attachment scanner
- No anti-phishing capability
- No anti-spam capability
- No email attachment scanner
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- Automatically disables Windows Firewall
- Changes default homepage in Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- Changes default search engine for Chrome, Firefox and MS Edge
- No email attachment scanner
- Changes default homepage in Chrome and Firefox
- Changes default search engine for Chrome and Firefox
- No anti-ransomware capability
- No anti-spam capability
- No email attachment scanner
- No parental controls
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- No anti-spam capability
- No built-in firewall
- No email attachment scanner
- Automatically disables Windows Defender
- No built-in firewall
Features
Anti-malware
Anti-spyware
Anti-phishing
Anti-ransomware
Anti-spam
Parental controls
Flags phishing URLs
Virtualised browsing
Checks for OS applications updates
Password protection of settings
Can be downloaded to bootable USB key
Can create bootable USB key
Specifications
Number of devices
N/A
N/A
10
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
5
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
3
3
3
1
3
N/A
3
1
N/A
N/A
N/A
3
3
10
3
Number of years (licence)
N/A
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1
1
1
1
1
1
N/A
1
1
1
N/A
N/A
1
1
1
1
Windows version
Mac version
Version number tested
20.8.3147 (build 20.8.5684.602)
19.6
20.8.3147 (build 20.8.5684.602)
10.15.7
20.8.2432 (20.8.5684.602)
22.4.6011 (build 22.4.7175.723)
22.4 (441928df01ea)
22.4.6011 (build 22.4.7175.724)
1.3.0 (1.3.0)
1.0.39.12408
N/A
26.0.16.69
8.2.2.9
25.0.7.34
6.10.333.0
14.0.22.0
1.1.1710
25.5.9.25
21.9.6.465
21.9.6.465
23.0.0.179
16.0 R28
Version 2004 (build 19041.630)
21H2 22000.675
22.20.5.39
8.5.10 (build 9)
3.2.0
17.0.1196
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