Here is a review of AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic. I found it of www.pcmag.com
AntiVir’s full system scanner generates a report that includes details about the system, program versions, settings, and scanned files. The report appears designed for submission to tech support, which is available through AntiVir’s online forums.
AntiVir’s Guard module (the on-access scanner) puts its protection out in the open—if you double-click the tray icon it will display its current settings, current status, and the name of the most recently scanned file. Its “Unwanted Programs” protection, configured separately from the on-demand scan, isn’t fully enabled by default. When we turned it all the way on, it was quite effective. We threw nine Trojan and spyware threats at AntiVir, and it blocked eight of them instantly (the ninth was caught when it tried to install). It let all four keyloggers install, but prevented one from logging keys. On the other hand, when installed on systems already infested with spyware, it removed only two of eight threats.
Unlike avast! and AVG, AntiVir doesn’t specifically scan incoming or outgoing e-mail messages or attachments. The on-access scan kicks in as soon as an attachment is launched or saved to disk, so this isn’t a huge problem. We like AntiVir’s ability to exclude up to a dozen processes from on-access scanning—so it can coexist with, for example, a spyware scanner.
