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  • 1.0 stars

    "Worst, anti-virus PROGRAM, EVER."

    August 9, 2012  |   By Osd1000

    Pros

    NOTHING MAN, NOTHINGGGGG.

    Cons

    Overprotective, making it so you cannot even VIEW Google, Freaking Google man!
    What a hog
    Freezes up
    Might as well just switch back to vista.

    Summary

    In conclusion, this used to be good, until THIS came, now it's pretty much like the jerk child of Spysheriff and Winfixer.
    Meaning that it pretty much turned into a rogue program, note to self, never EVER install this, it's a pain in the arse to uninstall, it pretty much renders your system useless, if this was tested in a virtual machine, these results would come up, the same on a physical computer.
    Good day, now bye bye.

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  • Reply by john_17 on August 18, 2012

    Why would you switch back to Vista if your only problem is the Antivirus?

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