CA Anti-Virus 2009 provides extensive defense against viruses, worms and Trojans. It automatically scans all web pages, emails, instant messages and downloads to prevent any damages to your computer’s hard drive, files and documents. Each file is being checked when opened, closed or saved.
CA software is known for its ease of use and installation. It has a limited number of advanced features, so you won’t have any difficulty to find and change any of them. On the other hand, the lack of features makes this software less developed or complete. It doesn’t offer any extra benefits like parental control, WebMail scan, Spyware protection, etc.
Another flaw of CA Anti-Virus 2009 is slowing down your computer quite a bit, which doesn’t match with the level of the program.
Among the key features are advanced heuristic scanning and file quarantine. Fundamental features include daily automatic updates (unless you change the frequency), scheduled and on-demand scanning and file exclusion list (list of files you wish to exclude from scanning). CA Anti-Virus 2009 also checks compressed files for viruses, but that’s not something extraordinary.
Help and support options are pretty standard at CA. There is help file, FAQs and support website with email and online chat. You can also use phone support, but there is extra charge for each call.
Although CA Anti-Virus 2009 offers only basic antivirus protection, it supports up to 3 PCs for the same price. You will be able to find a better deal if you only have one computer, but for two or three computers it could be a good option. This software is certified by West Coast Labs, ICSA and VB100%.