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CA Anti Virus

End User Experience
Size/Speed
Customer Support
Effectiveness
Ease of Use
N/A   Spyware Blocker


CA AntiVirus provides adequate antivirus protection for your PC. 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.


End User Experience
Installation went well without any problems. The interface is good & simple. The is no big load on the memory. Applications were working fine with the same pace. Everything is fine with this software

Size/Speed

Speed
Scanning of files went smoothly. Load on CPU was reasonable.

Size
Minimum 256MB of RAM & 70MB of hard disk space.

Customer Support

CA Antivirus has plenty of help options, including documentation, email and phone support.

Effectiveness

CA Anti virus provides protection against damage caused by computer viruses. It also has a proactive protection by monitoring critical program functions and settings, and reminding the user to keep the security at an optimal level. It protects 3 PCs under a single license. It has advanced Heuristic Scanning detection, which can detect new threats even before virus protection updates are created.

Ease of Use

Installation 
We didn't have any problems during installation. Not a big deal, just for your information, CA Antivirus will not allow you to continue the process of installation, until you scroll down the EULA.


Uninstallation 
Uninstallation is easy with just a click of button.


Dialy Use
It has a easy-to-navigate interface, which notifies us about any changes or vulnerabilities in our system.


Updates
Updates were installed with a click of a button. It has automatic update option. Which can also do the job.


Updates
The built-in update manager regularly checks for any available updates. It depends on how you set this feature. Either you can schedule this or you can do a manual update. Most of the updates come into action instantly, while some asks us to restart the computer.

Spyware Blocker CA antivirus doesn't come with a built in spyware blocker. Instead its manufacturers developed a separate application for that.