Abstract

Sunbelt Software commissioned Tolly to evaluate the anti-virus scanning performance and system resource utilization of its VIPRE Enterprise 3.1 anti-virus product in comparison to McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i and Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 Small Business Edition products.

Tests focused on measuring the memory and CPU utilization of the products under test during various stages of product operation: at idle, with the product GUI open, during an on-demand full-system scan, etc.