Webroot Antivirus software Internet

Security Plus 2016 Pros & Cons Webroot offers cloud-based anti-virus software and has a particularly light PC footprint, although it

works on any combination of PC, Mac, Android and iOS devices. Webroot, based in Colorado, US, offers

cloud-based real-time threat detection, through what it claims is a core AV engine with a particularly

light PC footprint. Internet Security Plus 2016, which sits under the general banner of Secure Anywhere,

is a multi-platform offering and you can use it on any combination of PC, Mac, Android and iOS devices,

up to the number of licenses you buy.

WEBROOT INTERNET SECURITY PLUS 2016 FEATURES

The suite offers threat protection, anti-phishing, password protection, two-way firewall and identity

protection. It misses out on a few extras, with no backup or online storage provision, though 25GB is

available in the top-of-the-range Internet Security Complete product. There’s also no parental control or

PC tune-up, though the software does provide a sandbox for evaluating new software before setting it

free on your system.

Webroot doesn’t provide samples to test sites such as AV-Test and AV Comparatives. Although these are

the two main IS evaluation organizations, the company argues against them on two fronts.

Firstly, it claims the samples used have an inbuilt bias. Test sites draw their malware samples from the

suppliers of the security software on which they’re tested. There is, therefore a potential for bias in the

samples, but given the number of IS software providers – two dozen in the case of AV-Test – a single

supplier would have to contribute a huge number of samples, unique to their own lab, for any effective

bias to show. Anyway, don’t you want your IS software to handle threats from whatever source?

Webroot’s second argument is that the test sites concentrate on how well the software blocks malware

and don’t give enough weight to mitigation of an attack, should the malware get through.

In other words, how does an IS suite handle damaging code if it does get onto your system? Does it

prevent it getting at important subsystems, such as the registry and browser software? Does it stop it

from reproducing? We see this as a more valid argument, though still feel most people will want the

bulk of any security company’s R&D focused on detection and prevention of initial infection.

WEBROOT INTERNET SECURITY PLUS 2016 PROTECTION

Webroot Internet Security Plus 2016 has completed a scan of our 50GB file basket in just seven minutes,

though it only looked at 28,851files. A repeat scan examined exactly the same number, but took 25s

less. The scan rate is good at 71 files/s.

Scanning only puts a light load on a system, with a 28 percent increase in copy time when a scan was

running in the background. It’s not possible to compare Webroot’s offering with the others in terms of

AV efficacy, as we have no test results, but the company’s claim to scan fast and leave a light impression

looks fair.

WEBROOT INTERNET SECURITY PLUS 2016 SPECS & SUPPORT

Windows XP SP2 32-bit/Vista SP1/7 SP1/8 all 32/64 bit, Celeron or equivalent CPU, 128MB

memory, 10MB HD

24x7 Webroot Antivirus Technical Support Phone Number +1-888-985-8273.

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