CA AntiSpyware, Review, Test, Evaluation, Free Downloads

This is a C|Net latest Review of the CA Anti-Spyware 2007, and not necessarily represents our opinion. - CA (formerly Computer Associates) has rebranded itself and its antispyware product (formerly eTrust, and formerly PestPatrol before that) as, simply, CA Anti-Spyware. Unfortunately, rebranding seems to be all they've done, as the PestPatrol product was once one of the best antispyware applications on the market and now pales in comparison to newer and better designed applications. In tests by CNET Labs, CA Anti-Spyware 2007 ranked second to last out of 10 applications tested, blocking only two of eight test files, scanning and detecting five out of eight, but removing only two.

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This is a C|Net latest Review of the CA Antivirus 2007, and not necessarily represents our opinion. - In the past, CA antivirus products have gone under various names, such as eTrust, eTrust EZ, Vet, and InoculateIT; now, under the name CA Antivirus 2007, the company hopes to eliminate brand confusion. Whatever you call it, the CA antivirus engine is good, winning honors from several independent testing labs over the years and providing the AV component to several Internet Security suites from other vendors. But despite its antiviral pedigree and a company cash guarantee to keep your system virus-free, CA Antivirus 2007 still suffers from program interface glitches and poor technical support, details which tempered our overall enthusiasm for the product.

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