[maddystew8625]

So I use my computer to create music all the time, not to mention listen to it!! I would hate for something seriuos to happen to wipe out my tunes. So I had battled a few viruses at home and had even gotten one at work. (I had forwarded some music to the office). So at work we used a few of those free "anti-virus, trojan and malware programs. I was talking to the IT guy at work and because of what had happened, he decided he would test some of them, kindof do a side by side comparison and see which one was better.

So, he installed some different anti-virus programs (one at a time) on a fresh computer (not on the network of course), then he infected the system each time. He tracked how many/which one each antivirus recorded after their scan. When he was done with running each program - he re-imaged the same computer and repeated the cycle - installing the next anti-virus software. He did this for 5 of the big ones - Prevx, AVG, Norton, Superantispyware and Cyberdefender.

The results showed that most of them caught group of the viruses, trojans and spyware, but the differences in the programs were what non-cores the programs didn't find. In the end, based on our findings we decided to purchase Cyberdefender for the office - it had the best price with more features. (so, I got it at home too. If it's good for the office, it's good for my home!)

So now at work we run Cyberdefener on 16 systems. Theres only been 1 issue - the Rogue Antivirus 2009. Using the support line, I called them and they got online and fixed it. The very next day they did an update, and is all good. Our IT guy says he really likes that Cyberdefender runs so fast, plus, anytime there is a problem, CYberdefender is there willing to help and figure it out.

As a rule, it's best to have your anti-virus software, no matter what program it is, installed and up to date before you get a virus. There are even some viruses that won't even let you install anti-virus programs after your system has been infected. Oh my goodness - that would totally suck!

Well I hope this review has been helpful. I would like to note that in our testing we used the free versions of the anti-virus programs.
Half of them were fully functional, pop-ups for the up sell and/or supported by Ads. The other half were just scanners or had limited useability. The free version of Cyberdefender is more a scanner that is able to fix Trojans and spyware , but you have to purchase the upgrade to remove any viruses. The paid upgrade functions just like the free version - but with the paid version you get the virus removal feature is added as well as a few other functions.