Interesting that there are so many ratings.

You'd think that after so many years they could all get their acts together and agree on a "Gold Standard" for rating... but that would eliminate a lot of 'jobs' wouldn't it? 

I used to use Kaspersky Internet Security several years ago.  All the tests and many people said it was the top protector.  Then, my computer got a virus and my tech guy said it was so bad that my hard drive needed reformatting and Windows reinstalled.  I've always been very selective about my internet activities and don't vary from the "beaten path."  So, who knows.....

Well, that of course is not possible for a lot of reasons, as you certainly know, Doc

All I wanted to say is that testing results and global info published on matousec.com are very interesting, detailed and usually very accurate. Of course some mistakes are always possible, but tester knows about it, and always check for "false positive", positive or negative ones. Besides, the site is really indipendent, and make deep search about security suite and software. You can easily find some very good application, sometimes even freeware, that are very few popular, or not popular at all. I think that's a good thing.

I know there are other Av-comparative sites as well, such as AV-comparatives.org (very popular), but usually are not reliable and  accurate as matousec is, or not so "indipendent"...just my opinion, of course.

Oh, just one question Doc, although "off topic": why only .zip archives are allowed in skin uploading? Are there some specific reason ? Why are not allowed .rar or, above all, .7-Zip, at the moment the highest compression rating one? Now, in 2011, with just one software you can open all different kind of archives.

Again, sorry for the "off topic". 

Well,I started to use Kaspersky Internet Security at the beginning of 2009, and never changed, although I tested many security software. There is one thing that is good to know about this Kaspersky software: settings are VERY important, and can change in a radical way the application behavior in some situation. I don't know about which version (year) of Kaspersky you are talking about, but I can assure you that since 2009 (when I started to use it; I can not speak about before) if you got a good knowledge of the software, and apply the right settings, no any virus but only a nuclear conflict, an earthquake or a tornado could make reformatting necessary.

Well, inthebloodofeden is very persistent about Kaspersky and has given a lot of details and links so I will give it a try when i get a chance. I have been using MSE for a while and has worked fine but it doesn't hurt to change things up a bit. thanks for all the finding.

The Red Robins thing is interesting but I also find that Direct TV and other companies with similar systems use ones phone number to access account #s and I find this disturbing because my mother-in-laws husband wanted to request the Pacquiao fight this past weekend and when we called the system used the phone number to access the account and quickly asked if we wanted the fight. Without any other security request I was able to get the fight which the system specified could not be refunded. Now, granted I would need the phone itself to get in without any other security request but still, anyone with access to his phone could easily request for other PPV shows without any password or anything.

ONce burned twice shy.  Plus their firewall really sucked too (past tense).  But that is why many do not like it now.