What we found is that 360 Total Security doesn’t like. The other two were questionable and a good catch by the software. Of those, three were actually legitimate files that posed no threat to our system. During our test, we scanned a portable hard drive with more than 60,000 files (184 GB used space) and the scan took less than an hour and caught five potentially threatening files. You can also conduct a custom scan of any connected external hard drive or storage device.
You can schedule this (or any other scan) to take place at regular intervals (daily, weekly, etc.). A Full Scan will examine system settings, common apps, running processes, startup items, and files to ensure you have no existing malware likely to cause trouble with your system. However, you’re not limited to the quick scan. This scan checks for existing virus applications on your main hard drive and takes only a few minutes to complete. Scan Locations: Scan Anything, Everything, or Just the Basicsīy default, 360 Total Security conducts a Quick Scan on your system as soon as it’s installed, even before you complete reading and signing the Privacy Policy (which is quite thorough). 360 Total Security has since recalibrated its antivirus engines it may be more effective, but without independent verification, it’s tough to say. However, the last independent industry tests had dated back to 20-not all that recent in the IT security world. Unfortunately, in industry testing through AV-TEST, we found 360 Total Security to be less effective at catching and removing viruses than its industry peers.
The 360 Total Security machine learning AI engine monitors activity to capture threats even before a common definition is established. So seriously, in fact, that the 360 Total Security product integrates with multiple antivirus engines, including award-winning antivirus engines from 360 Cloud Scan Engine, 360 QVMII AI Engine, QEX, and Kunpeng. Type of Protection/Security: Both Definitions & Behavior Monitoringĭefinition-based antivirus scans are mostly industry standard for antivirus applications, and 360 Total Security takes definitions seriously. Read on to see what else we thought about the antivirus software during our time testing it. And the paid version of 360 Total Security includes some premium features you might not find, even with other paid antivirus subscriptions. What it does do well, however, is work with other antivirus applications. However, the antivirus application itself doesn’t perform as well as the free versions of those applications.
In testing 360 Total Security, we found that it also includes a computer maintenance suite that does an excellent job of helping your computer run more efficiently. Since then, the application has seen steady improvements and now includes a variety of antivirus, anti-ransomware, and anti-malware protection capabilities. 360 Total Security was initially launched in 2014 by Qihoo 360, an internet security company based in China.
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