Fwiw, the May issue of Maximum PC has an internet security comparative round up. I've summarized the heirarchy here with base 10 score in brackets. An asterix (*) denotes free. For complete test methods and descriptions check out the magazine or wait until it's online. I found some of the results suprising, especially Norton's position. I'm not sure why Kaspersky was not included although the author stated any missing suites could be reviewed separately in future publications.
ESET Smart Security 4 (9)
McAfee Internet Security 2010 (8)
Microsoft Security Essentials* (8)
Norton Internet Security 2010 (7)
Bitdefender Internet Security 2010 (7)
Panda Internet Security 2010 (7)
Comodo Internet Security Pro (6)
Avira Antivir Free Edition* (6)
Avast! Internet Security (5)
Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 3.0 (4)
In a nutshell, the article went on to say that ESET continues to be the favorite, McAfee finally redeems itself, MSE is great for cheapskates, and Trend Micro just plain sucks.
I use Norton IS, MSE, and Kaspersky IS on seven machines @ home and am happy with all of them. I currently run ESET for Mac beta on my Mac Mini and seems slow for scanning but it is of course only beta still.
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Trend Micro has always done poorly in reviews so I'm not surprised.
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The ratings (compared to AV comparatives) seem to be misleading.
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Well between this and the AV comparatives, MSE continues to do well, so I'm happy being a cheapskate.
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Tinderbox (UK) BAKED BEAN KING
Avast! Internet Security only got 5 and Microsoft Security Essentials got 8 , me is flabbergasted
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im quite happy with avast pro after trying quite a few out including mse.
and how mcafee got 8 ill never know. had the pro of that and it was taking almost 2.5 hours to do a scan.
MaximumPC Security Suite Comparatives
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