This antivirus fails my "stupid" test by managing match some of the least intuitive and least user-friendly software on the planet.
There are a few things wrong in this picture, we'll go down the list. I've highlighted part of it for emphasis.
- The Real-Time scanner did not stop scanning while the manual scan took place (see background of picture). This means that the real-time scanner found a few infected files independent of the manual scanner, and made things all kinds of confusing.
- The message the pops up alerts you about the virus infection on your machine. It's kind enough to let you know what was found, and what was done with each. As you can see in this window, however, it was put together as nothing more than an information box, and provides no intuitive functions to act upon the information. The biggest problem with this is the presense of an infected file that apparently had no action taken against it. The info link lets you know about the virus, but not the current infection, or why it wasn't removed. Typically this would be a great place for a "heal/delete" infection button. All that we see is a close button. As if no further action is required. How many people might assume no further action? Generally when only one option is availble, people don't read and click 'ok' or 'close,' and rightfully so- since no other options are present, what indicates that further action really is required? Nevermind the fact that an infection still exists.
- Antivirus software have never dealt with files that are in memory. If the virus is actually infecting the machine (not dormant), then it will be in memory. So basically, any viruses that can actually affect you are immuned to anti-virus software. Useless.
Not that it should only be said about this computer associates software- because we all know Norton and McAfee are guilty as well. Honestly speaking I use Opera and no antivirus what so ever, and I'm clean. It's all about browsing habits.
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