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  • 3.0 stars

    "good protection but TOO much coercion to upgrade."

    May 20, 2012  |   By Pragmatic

    Pros

    Fair to good detection and protection comparable to competitors. Simple and easy config.
    It has not created conflicts with MS Office 2007 as its competitor had.

    Cons

    Too much coercion to upgrade to paid version and every session, and it takes longer than average to check and update signature files.

    Summary

    Considering the effective function and less conflict, I will put up with this annoying upgrade prompts a bit longer, but don't know how long it will be as it really annoys me.

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