![]() The interface still has plenty of small irritations. ![]() ![]() The Total Defense Essential Antivirus console may be minimized to the system tray when you don't need it, and Explorer integration enables scanning selected files, folders and drives from their right-click menu. You're able to view basic reports, manage quarantined files and tweak a few basic settings. You'll get used to the design, though, and once you've explored the menus, Essential Antivirus isn't difficult to use.Ī click on the Security panel takes you to a choice of scanning options: Quick, Full, and Custom, where you're able to define which files, folders or drives you'd like scanned. If they weren't there, no-one would miss them. There are a couple of buttons under that, but they're also labelled Security and Devices, and take you to the same screens you'll see when clicking on the main panels. The main area of the console consists of three panels one displays your device status, while the others, labelled Security and Devices, are essentially huge buttons which take you to the scan window and enable viewing other devices protected under your Total Defense subscription.Ī sidebar has what looks like a menu button, but really just brings you back to the initial display. Total Defense Essential Antivirus has a surprisingly bulky interface which somehow manages to grab a large amount of screen real estate, while doing almost nothing with it. (Image credit: Total Defense Antivirus) Interface A 30-day trial is available, no credit card details required, and even if you sign up and change your mind, you're protected by a generous 60-day money-back guarantee. Total Defense does at least make it easy to sample its services. Opting for the three-year plan makes more financial sense this time with a price of $199.99, but after that it renews at $299.97. Total Defense Ultimate covers up to ten devices, gets you 25GB of cloud storage, and adds PC optimization and patch management. It's priced from $59.99 in year one, $79.99 on renewal. Total Defense Premium adds antiphishing, parental controls, banking protection and 10GB secure cloud storage, and covers up to 5 devices. We're not looking at them in this review, but Total Defense also has a couple of internet security suites. The two-year subscription costs $69.99, for instance, then renews at $99.98.īitdefender's Antivirus Plus 2020, with the same core engine and many more features (including blocking of phishing URLs), costs $24.99 for a three-device, one-year license, but rises to $59.99 on renewal. Total Defense offers two- or three-year subscriptions, but these provide only marginal savings.
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