While Dr. Solomon s never held a large market share in America, it was considered the most technically powerful by some virus experts and was the leading virus scanner in England. McAfee s own highly-competent Viruscan products are now being upgraded to incorporate the best of both McAfee s and Dr. Solomon s technology. Guard Dog is one of those products and it is specifically designed to address attacks outside the realm of the classic virus. Beginning with basic virus detection and repair, Guard Dog also has the ability to block cookies, schedule scans, and read e-mail attachments. As its name suggests, Guard Dog is meant to be friendly as well as thorough.
Setup is quite simple and can be managed through a wizard that interviews each user.
When problems are detected, users are alerted with an audible bark or two. In some ways, eSafe Protect is the most thorough of the Internet antivirus tools considered here. It is described as a personal firewall, and when configured correctly it is indeed a comprehensive and effective protector. Unfortunately, to set such restrictions, a user must understand the technical concepts fairly well. ESafe Protect does contain one of the largest databases of known virus code, including ActiveX and Java vandals.