Review by Sandy

I have a variety of computers with a variety of operating systems. 2005 was incredibly lousy on my older machines–every bad thing people have said is true on ME, etc. But, on XP and with a relatively modern/powerful machine, 2005 worked like a charm. Its resource hog issues will not be a problem, as there are so many available. Certainly, it’s a wonderful program to run if you’re looking for a bargain at this date and/or if you like to use a third-party firewall and don’t want to have to deal with switching off a suite’s firewall features with those attendant problems. For these purposes, it’s a good stand-alone anti-virus, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it as such to those with newer machines.