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<blockquote data-quote="Evjl&amp;#039;s Rain" data-source="post: 710818" data-attributes="member: 51905">1/ KIS:- Pros:&nbsp; + Tweakable to make it very light&nbsp; + The best protection on the market with the best BB (hub and personal tests proved that)&nbsp; + Great cloud and extra useful features like exploit protection, network attack blocker&nbsp; + Application control can be tweaked to make it closed to impenetrable- Cons:&nbsp; + more tweaking = more bugs, compatibility issues&nbsp; + can be heavy if not tweaked&nbsp; + very very weak against PUPs and adwares, better with PUP protection enabled but still average&nbsp; + firewall is quite confusing and buggy&nbsp; + application control can slow down the system a lot&nbsp; + very slow scanning speed2/ EAM:- Pros:&nbsp; + easy to use and great out of the box&nbsp; + no obvious weakness&nbsp; + great against PUPs, second best BB (in my tests, it missed quite a lot of malwares)&nbsp; + very fast scanning speed -&gt; fast on daily usage&nbsp; + great signatures for non-zero-day malwares (from BD)- Cons:&nbsp; + high memory usage (problem for some users)&nbsp; + not many things to tweak for better protection&nbsp; + some irritating bugs which make it unusable after exiting from the tray icon and re-opening&nbsp; + not good signatures against zero-day malwares (due to BD going downhill)3/ Avast:- Pros:&nbsp; + very light after tweaking&nbsp; + relatively good signatures, cloud and BB for FREE&nbsp; + can be tweaked and pair with other security tool for almost impenetrable level (for intermediate and advanced users), potentially better than EAM but nowhere near out of the box- Cons:&nbsp; + really really buggy, newer versions = new bugs, new bloatwares&nbsp; + slow fixing of previous bugs&nbsp; + laggy UI, some performance issues in some machines&nbsp; + slow scanning speed&nbsp; + frequently conflicts with many other apps&nbsp; + web shield is not well optimized and slows down internet speed a lot with high CPU usage&nbsp; + some modules are connected to each others so 1 is disabled, the others are not functioning&nbsp; + yearly subscription -&gt; irritating/dangerous for clueless users&nbsp; + very poor against java-based and script-based malwares, so-so against PUPs, not the best against ransomwares out of the box&nbsp; + ads, popups in free version</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Evjl's Rain, post: 710818, member: 51905"] [B]1/ KIS:[/B] - Pros: + Tweakable to make it very light + The best protection on the market with the best BB (hub and personal tests proved that) + Great cloud and extra useful features like exploit protection, network attack blocker + Application control can be tweaked to make it closed to impenetrable - Cons: + more tweaking = more bugs, compatibility issues + can be heavy if not tweaked + very very weak against PUPs and adwares, better with PUP protection enabled but still average + firewall is quite confusing and buggy + application control can slow down the system a lot + very slow scanning speed [B]2/ EAM:[/B] - Pros: + easy to use and great out of the box + no obvious weakness + great against PUPs, second best BB (in my tests, it missed quite a lot of malwares) + very fast scanning speed -> fast on daily usage + great signatures for non-zero-day malwares (from BD) - Cons: + high memory usage (problem for some users) + not many things to tweak for better protection + some irritating bugs which make it unusable after exiting from the tray icon and re-opening + not good signatures against zero-day malwares (due to BD going downhill) [B]3/ Avast:[/B] - Pros: + very light after tweaking + relatively good signatures, cloud and BB for FREE + can be tweaked and pair with other security tool for almost impenetrable level (for intermediate and advanced users), potentially better than EAM but nowhere near out of the box - Cons: + really really buggy, newer versions = new bugs, new bloatwares + slow fixing of previous bugs + laggy UI, some performance issues in some machines + slow scanning speed + frequently conflicts with many other apps + web shield is not well optimized and slows down internet speed a lot with high CPU usage + some modules are connected to each others so 1 is disabled, the others are not functioning + yearly subscription -> irritating/dangerous for clueless users + very poor against java-based and script-based malwares, so-so against PUPs, not the best against ransomwares out of the box + ads, popups in free version [/QUOTE]

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