I installed PC-cillin Internet Security 2006 in the office computer yesterday. The PC Magazine give the fair Editor rating to it and also give the review on 11.21.05.
PC-cillin's antivirus is excellent and its privacy/fraud protection elements do their job well, but problems with the firewall, spyware, and antispam modules prevent us from recommending this suite.
Because I use this computer in a Lan behind the firewall, so I think this one is good enough for me. I also use Firefox instead of IE, Antifraud toolbar is only working on IE. I don't care.
This program need to be trained for my own browser practice.
Pros Powerful, simple antivirus. Content protection blocks access to dangerous sites; option to block inappropriate sites. Flexible privacy protection limits transmission of private data.These are good features I like.
Cons Firewall fails to stealth significant ports. Firewall program control is difficult to manage. Failed to remove many spyware samples. Deleting spyware is awkward. No log of spyware traces.I don't expect PC-cillin can do good job in spyware removing. I use another program to take care of it. That's Spybot - Search & Destroy
So, all pros are what I wanted, all cons are not considered to be use. I recommend it to the people who has a computer behind the router or firewall.
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