Here is a posting on my old blog that I am revisiting simply because I know some people have been searching my blog looking for this review. I am reposting it here for any user who comes across my blog looking for a review of PrevX Home Edition.
The new PrevX Home Edition (Beta) seems be a pretty cool idea. It is an intrusion detection system for home users to prevent Spyware, Viruses and other Malicious code on their computers. I have used and am currently using Ad-Aware version 6 to remove all the spyware that ends up on my computer (which for the most part consists of cookies) and find it to be easy to use with a nice interface.
So far though here is my first impression of PrevX Home Edition (beta).
1. The Installation was simple and did not ask me for every part of my personal life in order to download a free product.
2. The User Interface is fairly good with simple switches and very few options to confuse the home user. I also liked that there was an explaination box below each option that explained what each option did.
3. The Bad is that the choice of the color scheme leaves something to be desired. I mean I am tired of this bullet black and gray coloring that some software producers feel makes their product look more “professional”. I wish this product came with multiple skins or something so I can change it to fit the normal windows scheme I am now using. Besides this does not help those with bad eyesight and could hinder the adoption of this product by those with vision problems. Not good.
Well after I use it for a couple of weeks I will post a more diligent review of the product and if they keep bugging me by e-mail to “upgrade” to the professional version.
Also here is my follow up review that i posted some time later on.
Well since this is a new year I am going back to some of my previous posts and updating some information about the reviews I gave earlier. Specifically one of my reviews that has been viewed the most is the one of PrevX Home edition. At that time it was in beta stage and worked well to stop malware from ruining my computer. Unfortunately however I have no decided to delete it from my systems. The main reason for this action is simply because it is too irritating in how it performs its duties. Unlike some of the other more professional firewall, antivirus and anti-spam programs PrevX does not actually “learn” your habits. This is simply not acceptable in my opinion. The software should adapt to me and not force me to adapt to it as I am the user and hence the most important part of the computing equation.
Basically I have found that PrevX home to be lacking in the following areas:
A user interface that seems to be lacking meaning that the way the actual software performs its duties is not adequate compared to McAfee for instance which has a great user experience.
Irritating messages when you want to install any program onto your computer. I know that this is supposed to prevent malware from installing itself however the program should be intelligent enough to realize that I intend to install any piece of software and should learn my habits and adapt to me.
The lack of the ability to update recently. If I cannot update the software to the new threats than what use is it to me or anyone else. Since the update program is communicating with the server the software developers should have anticipated a failure such as this and thought of a way round it by redirecting me to another server or had some way for me, the customer, to recover from this failure.
So if you installed PrevX based on my reviews earlier and continue to enjoy it fine. However I am going to be looking for other alternatives out there in this market as this program simply does not meet my needs anymore.
So there you are, both of my reviews in one place. This covers some time period so both review are honest at the time. At this time I have found Microsoft's Anti-Spyware tool to be much better alternative than this program. Hope this helps some.