COMPUTER ASSOCIATES eTrust EZ Antivirus ( Windows )

by Computer Associates

Product Features

• Heuristic Scanning stops even unknown viruses
• Password protection allows for changes to made by only the most trusted users
• Configure the software to update virus signature files whenever is most convenient for you
• Unlike other antivirus systems, eTrust EZ Antivirus uses minimal hard drive space -- just 7MB unzipped
• One-year subscription provides free virus updates and product upgrades

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• ASIN: B0000V6ZL2
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 18, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #34,936 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Award-winning eTrust EZ Antivirus for the home computer is brought to you by Computer Associates. Developed from the eTrust product line, a leading Internet Security brand used by large corporations and governments around the world, eTrust EZ Antivirus provides proven protection, detection, and elimination of thousands of computer viruses, worms, and Trojan Horse programs. eTrust EZ Antivirus also has an ultra-lite file size that doesn't hog system resources and allows for quick product download and virus updates. Our "Value Subscription" includes all product updates (virus signatures), all product upgrades, and unlimited email support for one year.

Easy to use automatic features do all the work including "Autodownload Scheduler" to fully automate the virus update process, "Scheduled Scanning" to automatically scan for viruses at a time most convenient for the user, "Real-time Protection" automatically detects and removes viruses from any file accessed--just set and forget, and "Heuristic Scanning" finds viruses even before they appear on the latest signature updates.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tastes great, less filling, March 6, 2004

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R. Blauvelt (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: COMPUTER ASSOCIATES eTrust EZ Antivirus ( Windows ) (CD-ROM)

After having nothing but trouble with multiple versions of McAfee and Norton/Symantec (crashes, interference with software installs, etc.), I've been a happy user of EZ Antivirus for about four years. If the virus definitions are kept updated (this process can be fully automated, or done on demand), then this is a top-notch antivirus package. You can check independent reviews for confirmation of its effectiveness. It does its job without being obtrusive or bloated, and has caught every virus ever emailed to me (several per day). Together with a good software firewall (I like Sygate's free version), and the occasional scan for adware/spyware/malware, I have found no better protection short of keeping my computer unplugged and turned off.

2.0 out of 5 stars Warning Avoid "Computer Associates", April 20, 2009

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G. Lee - See all my reviews
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This review is from: COMPUTER ASSOCIATES eTrust EZ Antivirus ( Windows ) (CD-ROM)

I had the "computer" "associates" "antivirus" "product" on two of my known-good working machines for years because it (the free license) came with the dsl service. The "computer associates" etrust ezantivirus product quit updating for no reason about two months ago. Turns out the url that the product is trying to fetch for updates is not even valid anymore it (http://downloads.my-etrust.com) just redirects to "http://shop.ca.com/" and the antivirus app just quits with no message. This is referred to a SILENT ERROR in computer programming. A SILENT ERROR is the worst kind of software problem. The user is never informed even though the app has code that knows what happened. This is just one example of an overall buggy product that's abandon by the "company" - WARNING AVOID 'COMPUTER ASSOCIATES' AT ALL COST. Even their "web site" is a nightmare lacking in good search ability and full of junk results you can't find anything that correlates and I *KNOW* WHAT I'M DOING. P.S. This CA "ez antivirus" product, RIGHT NOW, on my screen (Apr 2009) says it expires in Jan 2010 - YET THEIR UPDATE URL IS NO LONGER VALID and there's no information for an ftp/manual update.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It simply doesn't work, July 9, 2004

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DavidZeb "davidzeb" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: COMPUTER ASSOCIATES eTrust EZ Antivirus ( Windows ) (CD-ROM)

I've been using this product for over 1 year, and during that time it has allowed more viruses through absolutely undetected, than those it has found. In fact, when the real-time monitor does find a virus, it isn't able to clean it?! Seriously, this has happened multiple times... Trojans, netsky, funlove, and more have all gotten through the realtime monitor. Eventually a full disk scan picks it up, but it says that it cannot cure the file. I had to download a Nortan cleaning app to remove the viruses.

Another extremely useless and frustrating feature it the user quarantine. If the virus scanner finds a virus, it locks out the "owner" of the file. Well, most of the time, viruses infect windows system files, which are owned by the NT Authority / SYSTEM user. This junk will lock out the SYSTEM user from doing anything for 30 minutes. Basically, it renders your computer useless for 30 minutes, or until you can connect via another networked pc and shutdown the eTrust services.

I'm stuck using this product at work... that's why I have seen so many problems. Avoid this at all costs!