eScan Anti-Virus 11 Download
Review of eScan AntiVirus Version 11.0:
By Jay Andrew Allen
eScan AntiVirus 11, a virus protection platform from MicroWorld Technologies, comes equipped with a nice feature set, but falls far short of the leading anti-virus applications in both performance and usability.1) Installation: 3/5
Installation on our reference machine* required 2 minutes and 52 seconds, with one reboot required. That time, however, includes a preliminary Quick Scan of the system for infections. Subsequent tests revealed that Quick Scan accounts for around 90 seconds of the total installation time.
*Reference Computer: Windows 7 Home Premium running on a Toshiba Pentium Dual-Core T4200, with 3GB of RAM and a 210GB hard drive. 2) Features & Ease of Use: 6/10   The eScan Dashboard provides a Macintosh Finder-style interface at the bottom of the screen for navigating among its four major security options: File, Mail, Anti-Spam, and Firewall. Each separate Dashboard window contains a Settings dialog for the specified protection service. The Dashboard is accessible through a system tray icon; right-clicking the icon provides quick access to critical eScan features.  View Larger eScan Screenshots In terms of features, eScan AntiVirus offers everything you'd expect from a commercial antivirus package. Gaming Mode - the ability to suspend antivirus scanning while playing games or watching videos - is available from the system tray context menu. The Scan window in the Dashboard supports scanning not only hard drives, but CDs and USB drives as well. A Scheduler provides a highly flexible dialog for automating custom virus scans. Some features proved more hassle than help. eScan includes a Malware detector that scans scripts from Web sites, and blocks any Javascript files it identifies as malicious. While using eScan, we noticed that it was blocking access to Javascript files from english.aljazeera.net. Tried as we might, we couldn't find a screen in the Dashboard where we could whitelist this site. Adding english.aljazeera.net as a Trusted Site didn't work, either. We contacted eScan Support for assistance (see Section 6 below), but were unable to obtain any satisfactory guidance. 3) Virus Scanner: 2/5  eScan supports a number of scanning options, including: full computer scan; quick scan of memory, registry entries, and services; USB drive scan; CD-ROM scan; and custom scan.  View Larger eScan Screenshots Speed: While eScan's scanning options are rich, its performance leaves much to be desired. On our reference system (see above), eScan was slower than any antivirus package we've reviewed to date: it scans a meager 4.2MB per second. At this rate, it required eScan 4 minutes and 5 seconds to chew through our 1GB test file matrix. Updates: eScan is virtuous about updates: it refreshes its virus definitions an average of 6.5 times per day, this places eScan right in the middle of AV programs for number of updates. 4) Performance Testing: 6.5/10  A good antivirus program should not only protect your computer from viruses but also not slow down the Performance of your computer too much by using up your computer's resources. We run each antivirus program through a set of Performance Tests to see the impact it has on the computer. View the results below of our antivirus testing for eScan 11...
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eScan Anti-Virus 11 Download
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