eTrust EZ Antivirus 2005 review:1 stars (Very Disappointed) - I got this product in April and exactly two months later it said my subscription had expired and I needed to renew in order to keep receiving updates for antivirus protection.I wrote to the company and a week later they sent me a reply. The reply was to go to their update center and to renew. I sure wasn't going to pay again for something I only had for two months and its suppose to last for a year.
I'll be going back to my trusted Norton Antivirus, it may be slow but at least I only have to buy it once a year.2 stars (Could not trust the e-Trust) - My ISP offered Computer Associates/e-Trust EZ Antivirus for free, so I tried it out instead of upgrading my Norton Antivirus. Installation was easy, full system scan was fast, and the user interface was simple...maybe a little too simple. EZ Antivirus lacked the sophisticated scanning ability that Norton had, the only setting options in EZ AV were 'on' or 'off' settings for Email, auto update, and Real time scanning.

EZ AV claimed to have Email protection, but I never saw it scan any of my emails, neither incoming nor outgoing.

While scanning, EZ Antivirus showed no errors or incomplete scans, but in exploring the activity log I found several failed scans for certain files. I ran the update utility and scanned the system again, but still had failed scans showing in the activity log eventhough the status window claimed the scan was complete. ...Was the Antivirus working or not?

I desided to uninstall EZ Antivirus and upgrade to Norton Antivirus 2005. So far, so good...I'm able to see everything Norton AV does in my system, and have more control over the antivirus settings.

5 stars (This is the best) - I bought this bundled with EZ-Firewall. In spite of the dumb name this AV software is unbeatable. Despite or maybe BECAUSE of it's lean and mean characteristics. It is small, fast and effective.

Norton and McAfee should study this program hard. AV programs should be unobtrusive and require little overhead. Norton takes over your system and eats resources like no tomorrow. McAfee is just nagware constantly reminding you of all the great other McAffee products that you haven't bought yet and to add injury to insult it misses things. Before I installed eTrust in one machine I scanned with Norton with the latest sig file, system rea clean, ETrust found 4 virus files on the first sweep after installation! Real ones. (McAfee was better when it was inexpensive shareware)

I trust this software and have purchased several licenses, one for each machine. It is well worth it. Scrap the other bloatware, this will make your machine safe and still usable. With eTrust installed I know I am safe.

Highly recommended.


eTrust just works.
eTrust EZ Antivirus 2005 Features:
Computer software (programs)
Utilities
Maintenance
Diagnostics (Diagnostic)
CD
Password-protected program options; ICSA certified
Antivirus protection software for home and home-office PC
Detects and eliminates viruses, worms, and Trojan-horse programs
Advanced email scanning; interactive virus-detection messages
Advanced scanning for compressed file archives; AutoDownload

eTrust EZ Antivirus 2005 is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 26.99USD.