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Different
organizations use different criteria for rating a security software. In
year 2010, the selected top 10 security software are tested and reviewed
according to the criteria briefly described as follows.
Winners of Top Anti-Virus in Year 2010
1. F-Secure Anti-Virus (BEST)
2. Kaspersky Anti-Virus
3. AS Anti-Virus
Virus Detection Rate
Virus detection rate of each security software is tested
by using the latest virus databases collected from various independent
organizations in the world.
Protection Scope
Protection scope includes virsues, hackers, worms, trojans,
adware, spyware, riskware, rootkits, dialers, macros, scripts, etc.
Update Frequency
The update frequency determines how fast a security software
reacts to the outbreak of new security threats. The higher update frequency
ensures computer systems are protected fast enough to newly found security
threats.
Scanning Speed
Different scanning technologies provide different scanning
speed. For higher scanning speed, less computer resources are used and
this results in less impact on the running speed of other application
software on the computer system.
Security Feature Set
Additional security features enhance the overall protection
capability of a security software against various threats. The commonly
provided security features include instant messaging protection, registry
startup protection, file sharing protection, insecure web detection, password
entry protection, file encryption, etc.
Ease of Use
No matter how good a security software is, it should be
easy to use as it is a commodity product used by people from all walks
of life.
Ease of Installation
Some security software products are difficult to be installed.
However a good security software should be easy to be installed as users
are from all walks of life.
Support Quality
Various support channels and fast response time should
be provided by security software developers so that higher customer satisfaction
can be achieved.
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