Monday, January 24, 2011

PC Advisor Consumer Internet Security Reviews - 2011

Below is a summary table giving the rankings of a number of consumer internet security 2011 and AV 2011 products. Where the product is free, it will be in boldface.

Unlike PC World and PC Magazine, PC Advisor utilized a more narrow range of the 1 to 5 stars. Thee provides star ratings on ease of use, features, value for money, and overall. The reviews were written over a period of several months with the oldest coming out in the September 2010 timeframe, and the most recent, January 2011. Note that the table has both Internet Security suites and AV. Within a particular score of 1 to 5, products are sorted z to a.

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/reviews/index.cfm?prodcatid=31

The 1 through 4 below among the first 5 suites is where PC World ranked the products. For a summary PC World/PC Magazine table go to http://kensek.blogspot.com/2010/12/pc-world-battle-of-security-superpowers.html or go to the summary blogs for each publication.


4.5 - PC Tools Internet Security 4 (PC World)
4.5 - Norton Internet Security 1 (PC World)
4.5 - Norton AV
4.5 - Kaspersky Internet Security 2 (PC World)
4.5 - BitDefender Internet Security 3 (PC World)
4.5 - BitDefender AV Pro
4.5 - Avast AV Free 5
4.0 - Trend Micro Titanium Internet Security
4.0 - Panda Internet Security
4.0 - MSE
4.0 - Kaspersky AV
4.0 - G-Data Internet Security
4.0 - G-Data AV
4.0 - F-Secure Internet Security
4.0 - Avira Free AV
4.0 - Avast Pro AV
3.5 - Panda Cloud Free
3.5 - Norman Security Suite
3.5 - McAfee Internet Security
3.5 - Eset Smart Security
3.5 - Comodo Internet Security
3.5 - Avira Antiv Security Suite
3.5 - AVG Internet Security
3.0 - Webroot Internet Security

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