Review by David Stapleton

I have been through a large number of PC security products over the years. Within the past few years there have been a number of new products on the market, a good thing as I had begun to despair at Norton and McAfee products as overly controlling, system hogs.

My criteria for a security product is that it shield me from hazards (lately that needs to include websites known for attacks). That it catch viruses and generally guard my system from intrusion while I’m not looking. I, also, require that it be open to adjustment and customization beyond the standard settings and that it load quickly and maintain a minimum footprint on my system so that it runs in the background without my taking notice for the majority of the time.

This product does most of this. It is a bit more intrusive than past Kaspersky products but not as much so that I replaced it within a few days like my last experience with Norton. It is not as light on my system resources as Viper, but again not so much that I feel the need to replace it.

Ultimately, it does its job and only every once in a while makes me think it is a tad too heavy on my system resources (especially on my netbook). That said I may be leaning toward replacing it with Bit Defender before long, as that one seems somewhat lighter on the minimal system resources on my netbook. P-)