Best Antivirus/Anti-Malware Product
Editors’ Best
GOLD
Symantec Endpoint Protection • Symantec • www.symantec.com
SILVER
Endpoint Protection Suite • McAfee • www.mcafee.com
BRONZE
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition • ESET • www.eset.com
Why It Won: Symantec has been a giant in the security industry for years, and it remains a dominant software provider for enterprise security solutions.
"Many Windows IT Pro readers dislike bloated, resource-sucking endpoint security products," says Jeff James, industry news analyst for Windows IT Pro, "and Symantec responded to the clamor for a more efficient and less resource-intensive security solution with Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 (SEP12). In addition to more efficient resource management, SEP12 leverages Insight (Symantec's cloud and community-based reputation technology) and SONAR, a program feature that Symantec claims is a hybrid behavioralreputation engine that monitors applications, compares them with whitelisted apps, and checks for unusual behavior. For all of these reasons (and more), Symantec wins my vote as Best Antivirus/Anti-Malware product of 2011."
Community Choice
GOLD
Symantec Endpoint Protection • Symantec • www.symantec.com
SILVER
Comodo Internet Security 2011 • Comodo Group • www.comodo.com
BRONZE
ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 Business Edition • ESET • www.eset.com
Other hot products in this year’s survey...
Kaspersky’s Anti-Virus for Windows Workstations
Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware
Trend Micro’s OfficeScan