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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/NT
- Date added: February 07, 2010
- Total Downloads: 2,373,511
- Downloads last week: 118,951
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 729 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Seth Rosenblatt on October 28, 2009
Freeware IObit Security 360 is a fast and welterweight utility for both detecting and removing malware, and determining any security holes in your system before they can been exploited. The interface has large icons with simple labels that won't confuse novices, and the tools menu offers some useful features that more advanced users are sure to appreciate.
The Overview tab is the main window and contains links for immediate Smart scans, definition file updates, a "security analysis," which evaluates potential exploits in your system and includes Windows security patches, and a status update window. This tells you whether your real-time protection, automatic scans and updates, and heuristic-based scans are on or off. Automatic scans and updates and scheduled scans, are restricted to the paid upgrade. The Scan tab lets you initiate a Smart scan, a Full scan, or a Custom scan, and the Protection tab lets you toggle your real-time protection status. It seems a bit odd that a user would want the separate controls the program offers for "known malware" and "unknown threats."
The Tools tab gives you seven useful system security tools. There's a Hijack scan for power users, a Security Holes scan, a Passive Defense that disables cookies in Firefox and Internet Explorer, and ActiveX in IE, and an Unlock and Delete tool for getting rid of files your system thinks are in use. There's a Privacy Sweeper that will clean not just cookies and cache but saved forms, download history, and other Internet traces in all major browsers, as well as utilities like archival tools, multimedia players, and other applications. Annoyingly, a PC Tuneup option takes you to the download page for another IObit program, but users on the go will like the custom portable version that you can launch from a USB key. Security 360 eats about 50MB of RAM when idle, with a Smart scan taking about 6 minutes and a full scan finishing in 45 minutes, making this one of the fastest in its class.
Editor's Note, November 17, 2009: CNET Download.com has received notice from IObit, the maker of Security 360, that they have updated their database to address accusations of intellectual property theft. (Read more about the dispute in our CNET News story.)
Publisher's description
From IObit :IObit Security 360 is a free malware & spyware removal utility that detects, removes the deepest infections, and protects your PC from various of potential spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, bots, worms, and hijackers. With the unique "Dual-Core" engine and the heuristic malware detection, IObit Security 360 detects the most complex and deepest spyware and malware in a very fast and efficient way. IObit Security 360 has a real-time malware protection and frequent automatic updating for prevention of zero-day security threats. IObit Security 360 can work with your antivirus for a superior PC security.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 729 votes
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Version: IObit Security 360 1.41
Pros: It easy to use and works great
Cons: You have to do the updates and run the virus protection yourself
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Version: IObit Security 360 1.41
"so far this seems to be working very nicely."
Pros: it is very fast.
Cons: nothing is wrong at this stage.
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Version: IObit Security 360 1.41
"excellent program with great features"
Pros: the security scan and internet protection is state of the art
Cons: i like all the features only con is the pro is not free
Summary: great program
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Version: IObit Security 360 1.41
"I like it and I will continue to use it on my pc"
Pros: have used for a year and it did it's job detecting security holes and other problems that could of occurred and I like it's easy user controls not so complex and confusing as other products that I used before.
Cons: one draw back it new version I recently downloaded the upgrade is not performing it's security analysis completely it seems to get stuck so that's the only draw back for me...
Summary: I like the product because it's probably the best free software I've tried for a whole year and helped to protect my pc up to now I just hope they resolve the security analysis scanner issue so that way I can continue to use it and to recommend it t... read more >>
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Version: IObit Security 360 1.41
"Fast. Easy. But can't schedule scan unless you pay."
Pros: Hijack scan, and security holes features are great but I wish they would stress them more, and present them differently although I guess it's not necessary because this is taken care of automatically when you scan. No need for hijack this.
Cons: No auto scan etc. If there was this would be the only spy-ware program I would use.
Summary: I'm confused if it is necessary to have 360 load on start up or not. I'm assuming not but it does have the feature. Also it has more features than I thought...but they are kind of hidden...which caused me to overlook them till now because i had to l... read more >>
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