Over the same amount of time, McAfee has been tested against and won only one VB 100% award. For comparison, using tests conducted by Virus Bulletin, Norton and Vet have each won the same number of VB 100% awards since 2000. ZoneAlarm, on the other hand, licenses the Vet antivirus engine from Computer Associates. Neither McAfee nor ZoneAlarm require product activation, a plus for them.Īntivirus: Both Norton and McAfee offer their own antivirus products as part of their security suites. Like Microsoft, Symantec does record some information about your hardware configuration, which may be an invasion of privacy for some. Unlike Microsoft's activation policy, which allows you only three installations, Symantec's is much more generous. That means you have 15 days to record your purchase, or the product will stop working. Product activation: Starting this year, Symantec requires product activation on all its Norton products. Let's revisit the Internet security slugfest and see whether the newbie tips the scales. But with Zone Labs' release of comparably priced ZoneAlarm Security Suite this week, all that's about to change.
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I was beginning to think that the all-in-one Internet security software market for consumers was moribund. Our reviewer found nearly as many faults as merits, and we've developed a complete disdain for Symantec's and McAfee's paltry yet pricey technical-support policies. In my annual comparison of the market's leading Internet security suites, namely Symantec Norton Internet Security 2004 and McAfee Internet Security 6.0, I declared the last contest a draw. Commentary ZoneAlarm Security Suite is like a beacon of light on a darkling plain, proving there is life in the consumer Internet security market.
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