Like K7 Total Security, these successful products used a combination of steering the browser away from dangerous URLs and whacking any malware downloads that got through. McAfee, Sophos, and Vipre Advanced Security all blocked 100 percent of the samples.
Trend Micro and G Data also scored 99 percent in their latest tests. With Web Protection active, the K7 suite scored 99 percent protection, almost entirely by preventing all access to the dangerous pages. It did eliminate 75 percent of the malicious payloads, but that’s a poor score overall. K7’s antivirus suffers a serious handicap in this test, as it doesn’t include the Web Protection component found in the suite. I launch each one, discarding those that are already defunct, and note whether the antivirus blocks access to the URL, eliminates the malware download, or totally misses the danger. For a different view of protection, I test using real-world malware-hosting URLs recently discovered by experts at London-based MRG-Effitas (Opens in a new window). That hands-on test uses a set of samples that remain the same for months.
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