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1.0 stars

"Terrible program, uninstalled"

August 18, 2012 | By seabare

Pros
Didn't find any.

Cons
15 minutes to boot up after install. Uninstall was equally brutal.

Summary
Darn near bricked my Vista machine.

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Reply by SoccerDad326 on August 22, 2012

Did you uninstall your previous av first? Are you running a 3rd party firewall?

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