- Interface is visually appealing and fairly intuitive
- Scanning is quick
- Background scans show little impact on system speed
- Some confusion about configuring the interface
- Key protection disabled by default
- Small install file, quick scans, and very little impact on system resources
- Provides rootkit detection as well as real-time scanning and prevention of rootkits infecting the MBR (Master Boot Record)
- Quarantined malware files are encrypted to protect the system and ensure they don't 'escape' and wreak havoc
- Designed to work cooperatively with other security software solutions rather than causing conflicts
A lot has changed in the nature of computer threats, and the protection available from security software vendors. This is tue for Prevx as well. They have evolved and offered newer products since Prevx Home.
Prevx Home 2.0 was OK, but had some issues. In developing Prevx Edge 3.0, Prevx took the best of their existing products and created a solid new tool.
Prevx Edge 3.0 installs quickly, scans quickly, updates quickly, and had no noticeable impact on my system performance while scanning in the background. Those are certainly all great qualities for a PC security product.
I have a couple of complaints about Prevx Edge 3.0. First, many recent malware threats attempt to disable protection such as Prevx Edge 3.0. Prevx Edge 3.0 has a Self-Protection function to guard against these types of attacks, but it was disabled by default. That leaves the computer vulnerable until or unless the user realize that this feature needs to be enabled and finds the setting to enable it.
My other complaint is a little more trivial. Overall, I really liked the interface. I felt that it was visually appealing and fairly inuitive to navigate. There is some confusion or overlap though between the Basic Configuration under Tools and Settings and the Protection Settings under Edge Settings. These should probably be merged for simplicity.
Overall, I like Prevx Edge 3.0. At $29.95 it is reasonably priced. It performs well and provides solid protection for the PC (provided you Enable Self Protection that is).