We run simple detection tests on every antivirus we review, but these only give a general idea of what a package can do. A ‘clean automatically’ default setting means you don't get to decide how they're treated, either: the program removes them to Quarantine without further prompting, unless you turn the feature off. When we turned on spyware detection, K7 Antivirus Premium also picked up many files we would consider to be safe. Real-world scanning speeds were slower than usual, and detection rates were average at best. As a result, you're usually left to either scan not enough files, or far too many. You can specify one or more folders, but it won't remember those choices for next time, and you can't include other system areas (running processes, the Registry). The Complete Scan might take too long if you've lots of data, and the Custom Scan isn't very configurable. The problem with this feeble Quick Scan is you're left with few other options. Other packages might take two, three, four or more minutes, but they're also considerably more thorough, covering running processes, loaded modules, startup programs, maybe system folders, installed applications and more. When we ran a Quick Scan, it finished in a fraction of a second, apparently because it checked only 201 files. The program offers what looks like a familiar set of scan types in Quick, Complete, Custom and Rootkit, but this doesn't tell the whole story. The few action buttons – Scan, Tools, Settings – are tucked away at the edge of the window. A large panel highlights details like the last update time, virus definition version and how long might be left on your subscription. K7 Antivirus Premium has an unusual interface which focuses more on your protection status than anything else. We found processes and services were shielded from attack, files not easily deleted, and it seems malware won't have any quick way to disable K7's protection. It's important that any antivirus can protect itself from malware, and right now K7 Antivirus Premium does this very well. Most executable files were K7's own code, though we noticed a few relating to Chromium and Java. So, we retraced our steps, uninstalled manually, re-ran the cleanup tool, wiped all our temporary files, rebooted, reinstalled, clicked Activate, provided our name, and this time, finally, were told activation was successful.Ĭhecking out the K7 Computing folder revealed a relatively small installation, a little under 400MB. This time, the K7 console refused to launch at all, telling us it couldn't find 'libcef.dll' (part of Chromium's Embedded Framework), and suggesting we reinstall. Ten minutes later, when the 'activating.' message still hadn't gone away, we realized there was another problem, so closed the window and rebooted. We were prompted to enter our name and email address, and were told it was 'activating the product.' We went to work, finding and running K7's cleanup tool ourselves, cleaning our temporary folders, rebooting, closing all non-essential apps, trying K7's installer again, and - this time, we appeared to be in luck. When we ran the installer again, it told us K7 Antivirus Premium was installed already and we should uninstall it when we tried to run the uninstaller, it told us the process had failed and we should reinstall. Just as had happened in our last K7 review (though for different reasons), our first installation was broken. While this sounds easy, it really wasn't. Unfortunately, it wouldn't respond to our left or right-clicks, just displaying a tooltip of 'Activation Pending.' After a few minutes, pop-ups asked us if we wanted to activate and update the package, but when we clicked 'yes please', warned us that the update had failed, and we should reinstall. We rebooted, and a K7 icon appeared in our system tray. Task Manager didn't show any running installer, but the process didn't seem to have finished properly, either (there was no K7 shortcut on our desktop, nothing on the Start menu, no K7 icon in our system tray.) No 'Done' message, no 'Please reboot' advice, nothing at all. So, we tapped Install and watched as the setup window disappeared, and - didn't return. The K7 Antivirus Premium installer looked very simple, just a 'View EULA' link and an 'Install' button, with not as much as a 'choose your installation folder' option to get in the way.
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