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Was a mix up at first with mine getting send, but it arrived.
Downloaded and installed.
Alls running fine I also still have my NOD installed. No conflicts or anything.
Downloaded and installed.
Alls running fine I also still have my NOD installed. No conflicts or anything.
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Waiting for my bullguard to expire before I use webroot - ought to be sometime in Feb 
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As promised here is what I think of it. The installation went flawlessly despite already having a different antivirus installed (Bullguard threw up a fuss when I installed it over Avast) so that's good.
Once Bullguard left my system, Webroots own Firewall settled in, again without issues. I then ran a full scan of my system (that's after av database update and system reboot) and it started using 43% of my CPU (955 Phenom quad core @3.8 GHz). Don't think I ever actually checked how much Bullguard was using so can't comment on how they compare.
As no real issues appeared up to that point I continued using my system as normal. Now, Webroot apparently has this thing that protects passwords - can't comment on its functionality as this plug in is for IE and Firefox only. Being a Chrome user (despite its incessant hung ups, heh) I was left out. I would have asked my housemate who is using FF on my PC what he thinks about it, but he is a firm believer in not saving your passwords anywhere so that feature was lost on him as well.
What I did notice is that since I installed webroot, Firefox started randomly crashing - again, Chrome was left unaffected leaving me to believe that it's the plug in that's at fault. Once I went into the settings and switched secure browsing off, my housemate stopped bugging me about his browser throwing up a hissy fit all the time. And before you ask - no he wasn't visiting dangerous sites, unless you consider Amazon as such.
Last bit - webroot apparently comes with a Gamer Mode - something that my Bullguard had as well. What is different though, is that unlike Bullguard, webroot requires its to be manually activated (with the option to automatically switch off after 4 hours). Bit iffy as I'm not a great fan of having to switch between 10 apps (okay exaggerating a bit, but swapping audio settings in Xonar audio centre, launching up steam and fiddling with webroot is a bit much) before I launch a game can be annoying. Luckily I can access this option from the taskbar tray.
All in all? Generally happy - would be better if it didn't crash Firefox like it does, and if it was compatible with Google Chrome (automated Gamer Mode would be a huge plus as well), but really cannot complain otherwise. One feature I forgot to mention is the online database backup storage that comes with the Complete package - 10 GB that can be expanded for some £. Nice little feature if you have low volume essential files you want safe and sound in case something happens.
Once Bullguard left my system, Webroots own Firewall settled in, again without issues. I then ran a full scan of my system (that's after av database update and system reboot) and it started using 43% of my CPU (955 Phenom quad core @3.8 GHz). Don't think I ever actually checked how much Bullguard was using so can't comment on how they compare.
As no real issues appeared up to that point I continued using my system as normal. Now, Webroot apparently has this thing that protects passwords - can't comment on its functionality as this plug in is for IE and Firefox only. Being a Chrome user (despite its incessant hung ups, heh) I was left out. I would have asked my housemate who is using FF on my PC what he thinks about it, but he is a firm believer in not saving your passwords anywhere so that feature was lost on him as well.
What I did notice is that since I installed webroot, Firefox started randomly crashing - again, Chrome was left unaffected leaving me to believe that it's the plug in that's at fault. Once I went into the settings and switched secure browsing off, my housemate stopped bugging me about his browser throwing up a hissy fit all the time. And before you ask - no he wasn't visiting dangerous sites, unless you consider Amazon as such.
Last bit - webroot apparently comes with a Gamer Mode - something that my Bullguard had as well. What is different though, is that unlike Bullguard, webroot requires its to be manually activated (with the option to automatically switch off after 4 hours). Bit iffy as I'm not a great fan of having to switch between 10 apps (okay exaggerating a bit, but swapping audio settings in Xonar audio centre, launching up steam and fiddling with webroot is a bit much) before I launch a game can be annoying. Luckily I can access this option from the taskbar tray.
All in all? Generally happy - would be better if it didn't crash Firefox like it does, and if it was compatible with Google Chrome (automated Gamer Mode would be a huge plus as well), but really cannot complain otherwise. One feature I forgot to mention is the online database backup storage that comes with the Complete package - 10 GB that can be expanded for some £. Nice little feature if you have low volume essential files you want safe and sound in case something happens.