About antivirus 360 total security. Review of program settings. Antivirus protection components

Two software products are presented - 360 Total Security and 360 Total Security Essential. The difference between them lies in the set of auxiliary modules. Thus, 360 Total Security Essential lacks an optimization module, temporary file cleaning, Wi-Fi security check, and a vulnerability correction module (Patch Up).

The remaining functions of these antiviruses are the same, namely, both software products include several antivirus engines - Cloud Scanner 360 (360 Cloud), Avira AntiVir, Bitdefender AntiVir, 360 QVMII AI, sandbox, secure online shopping module, anti-malware module (malware), webcam protection and keylogger protection, system protection module. The last module includes scanning USB drives when connected, a firewall, behavioral blocking, registry protection, scanning files when opening and saving, and some other types of runtime protection.

Comparison with competitors

Let's see how 360 Total Security compares to its competitors. Since the product is free, its competitors will be free too. However, there are a lot of antiviruses, and it would be problematic to compare the product in question with all existing antiviruses, so Avira Free Antivirus and Avast Free Antivirus were chosen as competitors for 360 Total Security.

The choice of competitors is determined by several factors. Firstly, Avira Free Antivirus is considered the best free antivirus of 2015, at least according to their website, which contains the corresponding infographic. Secondly, 360 Total Security uses the Avira Antivir engine (although, in fact, this is only one of the engines, and in total there are three different antivirus engines supported that can work together), so it was interesting to compare 360 Total Security with this antivirus. As for Avast, it showed very good performance (which is important for an antivirus - it should provide a good level of protection, but not consume a lot of system resources), which was shown in one of the reviews in Hacker. The table below allows you to evaluate the functions of the compared antiviruses. The table does not show the main functionality (monitor + scanner) - of course, any modern antivirus will have it, with the exception of completely stripped-down scanner products like CureIt from Dr. Web. The main functions also include protection against malware - malicious software. The fact is that some antivirus manufacturers highlight malware protection as a separate function (for example, 360 Total Security), others consider it part of the scanner (Avira and Avast), others do not mention it at all, but this does not mean that the antivirus cannot fight against this type of software.

Comparison of the functionality of some free antiviruses

Function	360 Total Security	Avira Free Antivirus	Avast Free AntiVirus
Cloud protection	+	+	-
System fix	+	-	-
Sandbox	+	+	-
Safe online shopping	+	-	-
Webcam protection	+	-	-
Keylogger protection	+	+ (**)	+ (**)
Password manager	-	-	+
Removable media protection	+	+	+
Firewall	+	-	-
Registry protection	+	-	-
Behavioral blocking	+	-	-
Fixing vulnerabilities	+	-	-
Wi-Fi Security Check	+	-	-
Clearing temporary files	+	-	-
System optimization	+	-	-
Browser protection	+	+ (*)	+
Block tracking via browser	-	+ (*)
Safe Browsing	-	+ (*)	-
Price comparison	-	+ (*)	-

(*) These functions are implemented as an extension for the Avira Browser Safety browser (supported by Chrome, Firefox, Opera, IE).
(**) This function is not highlighted as a separate one, but all modern antiviruses detect keyloggers as malware

Let's see what happens. The first thing that catches your eye is the fact that modern antiviruses are equipped with functionality that has nothing to do with antivirus scanning and system protection itself. Thus, Avira has a price comparison function that allows you to save your money when shopping online. Antivirus 360 Total Security is equipped with a powerful set of functions for optimizing and cleaning the system. And Avast has a built-in password manager.

The most “empty” option is Avast Free Antivirus. Its “kit” includes only the antivirus itself (scanner and monitor), browser protection function and password manager. Yes, there is an Avast Internet Security product. There is also protection against phishing, a firewall, and anti-spam protection, but only the 30-day version is available for free, and a one-year license will cost 900 rubles for 1 PC or 2,350 rubles for 3 years. The same can be said about Avira - if you need additional features, you need to buy either Antivirus Pro (23.95 euros) or Internet Security Suite (30.95 euros). The most complete version is Internet Security Suite, it combines all the features of Antivirus Pro plus system optimization and file encryption features. A separate “supplement” will cost 16.95 euros (System Speedup product). Please note that 360 Total Security offers all these features completely free of charge.

Thus, completely free of charge, 360 Total Security offers cloud protection, a firewall, patch-up, system optimization and cleaning functions, as well as a number of minor pleasant “bells and whistles”.

Installation Process Overview

The installation process is so simple that any housewife can handle it. You need to download and run the installer (which, by the way, takes only 29.4 MB - this is a complete set for offline installation), then you can either immediately click the button Installation, or press the button Settings to select the folder to install the antivirus. No other settings (except for language selection) are offered.

Rice. 1. Installer 360 Total Security

The antivirus includes several antivirus engines, as noted earlier:

Avira engine- a powerful engine developed by a German company. Off by default.
Bitdefender engine- another supported engine developed by Romanian programmers. Disabled by default.
Cloud Scanner 360 Cloud- own cloud anti-virus engine that uses information about file checksums. Always on, cannot be turned off separately.
QVM AI- own proactive protection system using cloud technologies. Allows you to protect your system from threats unknown to the antivirus. Always on and cannot be turned off separately.

Individual engines can be turned on and off in the program settings, but first these engines must be downloaded and installed. Fortunately, this process is completely automated. The user only needs to go to the section Antivirus and press the button corresponding to the desired engine. The process of downloading and installing the Avira AntiVir engine is shown below. You can disable a temporarily unnecessary engine either in the program settings, or using the slider that appears when you move the mouse pointer to the engine button.

Rice. 2. Installing the Avira AntiVir engine

Rice. 3. Slider to turn on/off the antivirus engine

In practice this is very convenient. In one “bottle” the user receives several antiviruses that can be turned on/off at any convenient time.

Full system scan

In Fig. Figure 4 shows the result of a full system scan. The program found two problems - 4 threats related to system optimization, and a lot of temporary files (1.4 GB). Next, the user can click the button To correct to fix threats, and then click Double check for re-checking. As you can see, the program interface is quite simple and informative.

Rice. 4. Result of a full system check

A full system scan includes searching for problems related to system optimization, searching for garbage, and searching for viruses and other malware. It was not possible to check the Wi-Fi security check module, since for some reason the router model I am using is not supported by the program.

Anti-virus scan

If desired, you can carry out all these checks separately. Yes, in the section Antivirus(see Fig. 2 and 3) you can perform quick, full and selective (for example, check files on a flash drive) system scans. The rest of this review will show antivirus protection in action. As they say, “don’t switch.”

System optimization and cleaning

The system optimization module found as many as 22 points for optimization in the test freshly installed Windows 10 (Fig. 5). The module offers to disable some scheduled tasks (usually unnecessary ones like the Customer Experience Improvement Program), some unnecessary services (who needs the font buffering service?), and also optimize the network connection. To fix all found problems, you must click the button Optimize.

Rice. 5. Optimization module

Rice. 6. System optimization completed

The system cleaning module allows you to remove various garbage such as temporary files, browser cache files, system garbage, etc. (Fig. 7).

Rice. 7. System cleaning module

Once the cleaning is complete, the program will offer to free up additional disk space using System Backup Cleaner (Fig. 8). If automatic updating of your system is not turned off, this tool can be quite useful, since it allows you to delete unused system update backup files, which take up quite a lot of space (Figure 9).

Rice. 8. Cleaning complete

Rice. 9. Cleaning system backups

Additional tools

360 Total Security includes the following additional tools:

360 Connect- if you need to remotely configure your grandmother's computer, then this tool will help you. It is not discussed in detail in this review, but anyone can familiarize themselves with it.
Instant installation- allows you to install various popular programs (ICQ, Skype, etc.) with one click
Browser protection- allows you to protect the browser from unauthorized changes to the search engine and/or start page (Fig. 12). Unlike competitors, safe browsing and user tracking blocking functions are not provided.
Firewall- The default Windows firewall is quite good and will satisfy the needs of most users. If it turns out to be not enough, then 360 Total Security offers to install (completely free) GlassWire Firewall. Actually, after launching the tool Firewall you will see a window with a button Install. Once the firewall is installed, this button will launch it.
Sandbox- allows you to run dangerous programs; all changes to the system configuration made in the sandbox will not affect the real system in any way. A very useful feature if you are not sure about the application.
Vulnerabilities- a useful system vulnerability scanner that allows you to check for security updates and various patches. It is also possible to install/uninstall a particular security update (patch).
Cleaning system backups- this tool has already been demonstrated earlier.
Disk compression- allows you to free up disk space by compressing system files. On the test machine, the tool offered to release 4.7 GB by compression. Remember that compressing system files will most likely lead to reduced performance, so you should only resort to this measure as a last resort (when free space is more important than performance).

Rice. 10. Additional tools

Rice. 11. Instant installation of programs

Rice. 12. Browser protection

Rice. 13. Sandbox

Rice. 14. Security updates

Rice. 15. Compress system files. You can free up 4.7 GB.

About antivirus performance

There are three processes “hanging” in memory, which very modestly consume both processor time and RAM. Screenshot 16 was taken on a test machine, and on the work laptop on which these lines are written, the Firefox browser takes up 530 MB of RAM, so against its background, the total memory consumption of up to 50 MB seems like a drop in the bucket.

Rice. 16. System resources

The test machine is quite weak - 3 GB of RAM and a dual-core mobile Intel 1000M at 1.8 GHz. The OS is 64-bit Windows 10, as it is planned to upgrade the memory to 8 GB. But even with this configuration, the presence of an antivirus does not affect system performance. There are no special brakes, and if there are any, they are invisible to the user.

Noticeable slowdown is only possible when the antivirus is running in scanner mode and scanning the computer is running. But it is unlikely that a user who suspects that his PC is infected (why else would he run a full scan?) will calmly continue working at this moment - he will wait for the system scan, and close all applications during the scan itself. Even if such a user wants to work, then after starting the scan you need to wait a little - the consumption of system resources is significantly reduced (Fig. 18).

Rice. 17. Consumption of system resources when scanning a PC at the time the scan is launched

Rice. 18. The check is in full swing. Only 35.1% of CPU time is used, the hard drive is also not overloaded

In some reviews, the 360 Total Security product is criticized for its antivirus update mechanism, which is quite demanding on system resources. But nothing like this was noticed on the test machine. In Fig. 19 shows that the antivirus update process took only 5.5% of CPU time.

Rice. 19. Antivirus update process

Real test

It's time for the most interesting part of this review - the real test. I have at my disposal a good selection of infected files (both exe and Word documents). Every file in this collection is infected; there are 142 files in total. Let's see how many viruses 360 Total Security finds. All viruses are detected by other antiviruses like Dr. Web, Kaspersky, etc. For greater fairness, additional engines will be disabled and only standard protection tools will be used.

In order not to infect the system, everything was checked like this: the archive was copied (with the password), then it was unpacked. Immediately after unpacking, the antivirus began to respond. The result of his work is shown in Fig. 20 - 92 infected files were found and eliminated. Next, the antivirus recommended running a quick scan, since a lot of malware was found at once (Fig. 21).

Rice. 20. Antivirus results

Rice. 21. Run a quick scan?

Let's give the antivirus a second chance. Let's try to check the folder into which the infected files were unpacked by the scanner. The antivirus found just one more file (in total, 93 out of 142 files were recognized as dangerous).

Rice. 22. Another virus found

Now let's turn on both additional engines - Avira and Bitdefender and try again to scan the folder with viruses. Logically, there are still 49 infected files left in it. Voila. The antivirus found the remaining 49 viruses (Fig. 23).

Rice. 23. No virus went unnoticed

From this we can conclude that maximum protection is guaranteed when all available engines are enabled. Maybe this will have a slight impact on performance, but security is never enough. What you need - either fast and not very reliable - or a little slower, but safe - is up to you to decide.

Rice. 24. The “remainder” was successfully liquidated

Overview of program settings

At the end of this review, let's look at some useful program settings. Among the main program settings, the user can enable/disable active protection at system startup, enable/disable self-defense, and enable/disable automatic updates (Fig. 25). For security reasons, it is best to leave all these options enabled. The only option that you can disable if you get tired of it is the display of the system boot time after it is rebooted.

Rice. 25. Basic program settings

The active protection settings themselves are stored in the section of the same name. To improve performance, by default only executable files and documents are scanned, rather than all files in a row. Therefore, if you copy an archive with viruses into the system (even without a password), the antivirus will not react to it. As it turned out in the section Antivirus(Fig. 27), by default the program does not respond to compressed files at all. If you want archives to be scanned too, enable the option Scan compressed files during a full disk scan.

Rice. 26. By default, only documents and executable files are scanned

Rice. 27. Antivirus settings

On the tab Confidentiality you can select the webcam protection mode - in strict mode, the antivirus will notify you of every attempt to access it (Fig. 28).

Rice. 28. Webcam access control

conclusions

360 Total Security is not bad :), and most importantly, it is a completely free antivirus that provides many additional useful tools. Maximum protection is provided by connecting additional antivirus engines Avira and Bitdefender.

Thank you for your attention, I’m interested in your opinion in the comments.

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Good day everyone and all sorts of other differences. We are glad to see you again at the "" project [ Sonikel's Project's]. Today about 360 Total Security, Yes.

It’s been a while since we’ve had anything on the topic, or more precisely, on the topic of products that directly support it, that is, antiviruses and firewalls.

And although the author of the project has been practicing and applying his own non-antivirus methodology for years, the majority of users, which is logical, constantly use a variety of antivirus solutions, and therefore often ask (via ) to write about their configuration and related nuances.

Today I would like to follow your requests and write about such a solution as 360 Total Security, otherwise we really haven’t touched this topic for a long time. In particular, in the fall we will do another review of some, say, paid antivirus (fortunately, a lot has already been written about free ones) and at the same time maybe even a paid firewall (wishes can be left through the same feedback form or in the comments).

However... Let's put aside the lyrics and let's get started.

360 Total Security introductory

The first thing that actually captivates you with this joy of programming thought is its design. Why, in fact, we need a beautiful design in a program that deals with security is not very clear (from a logical point of view), but it is clear from a marketing point of view; fortunately, the majority of people in the world are visual people.

The second thing that pleases us is that there really is a set of security solutions, that is, from a firewall to an antivirus, browser protection, sandbox and even an optimizer.

And although this makes the program a combine, but with all this, it manages to behave quite sanely in terms of speed (and brevity) in work, and even does not consume very many resources. With all the free and Russian support, it’s a godsend for the user’s spy.

Installation is extremely simple - download the file or, for example, and run it.

Installing the utility

At the first stage, we will have to wait until the installer is finally loaded, although, however, this process can be hidden in the background by clicking the appropriate button.

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After loading, a window will pop up in which you can use the " Settings"select the installation path, as well as the language and read the agreement. If you are not very interested in all this, you can immediately click on the button" Installation".

After installation you will be able to see the button " Launch"after which, oddly enough, you will be able to see the main window of the program, which, by the way, is somewhat reminiscent of the product interface Wise which I'm already talking about.

Actually, as I said above, the use is quite simple.

Using 360 Total Security

If you don’t really want to deal with everything for a long time, then first, for example, click on the thick button " Examination"And we are waiting for the results of the check.

Then all you have to do is press the button " To correct" and view the results on the same screen, and look at more detailed nuances in the log that comes out when you click on the button " Magazine".

Tab " Antivirus" will allow you to do a more detailed virus scan, but before you begin, in general, I would recommend turning on two more scanning engines ( Bitdefender And Avira Antivir), by clicking on the corresponding squares and moving the slider to the right.

Then all that remains is to scan and deal with the results found (or not found). And, yes, - be careful! - the program eats keygens and related software. However, if you click on the green button " Trust" opposite the desired file, it will remain in place.

Tab " Acceleration" is responsible for optimization parameters.

More details

It may be useful to many, if only because for an inexperienced user, recommendations in the spirit of " Can be disabled", "Need to disable" And " Keep unchanged", which is extremely clear (although the author of the article does not agree with all points 100% ).

The cleaning tab, I think, needs no introduction - it allows you to clean temporary files behind the system, browsers, plugins, etc.

Well, the remaining piece is the additional functionality that I showed you at the very beginning. From this tab you can install a firewall (aka firewall), run a sandbox, clean up system backups, and so on (you can even install security patches using the " button Vulnerabilities").

Setting up 360 Total Security

As for the settings, they open by clicking on the corresponding icon " Menu" in the upper right corner.

In general, there are not many settings themselves, but they are to the point. On the "tab" Basic"I would uncheck the box" Login to VK automatically".

On the tab with active protection, you can install the appropriate plugin to protect your browser, select actions when a threat is detected, protect USB-carriers and.. even a webcam and chat.

I think you can figure out the rest of the settings yourself, since there’s nothing complicated there, and everything is in Russian.. Well, we’ll probably move on to the afterword.

Afterword

In a nutshell, perhaps something like this. I hope that this solution will be useful to someone and will help protect their data, and therefore themselves, from all sorts of horrors of life.

As always, if you have any questions, additions, etc., please feel free to comment on this post.

Keeping your data safe on your device is easy these days. And although more and more different viruses are being launched onto the Internet, many high-quality anti-virus programs are becoming more and more accessible to users. However, choosing a good antivirus will require some effort. This article will help make your task easier. It will take a detailed look at the 360 Total Security antivirus program. Reviews from 2017 call it an extremely profitable choice. What is she? What advantages does it have over competitors? What are the features of its installation and operation? How does using the antivirus in question affect computer performance? What do experts say about him? How do users rate this program? Detailed answers to all these questions will be discussed in this article.

Comparison with competitors

First, you need to consider how this antivirus program differs from its competitors. Considering the fact that the product in question is free, the competitors with whom we would compare it should also be free. There are quite a lot of antiviruses available today. This means that it is almost impossible to compare the program in question with even most of them. So we will compare only with the key competitors of this product, such as Avast Free Antivirus and Avira Free Antivirus.

Why did we choose these programs over hundreds of others? For example, Avira was recognized as the best free antivirus program a couple of years ago. In addition, the 360 Total Security antivirus we are considering in this article (reviews point out this fact) also works on the Avira Antivir engine. Although in general the program supports three different engines, which can function both separately and together. Avast constantly shows good performance, that is, during its operation it does not consume too many system resources.

It is quite obvious that today antivirus programs are equipped with many functions that have nothing to do with the antivirus protection itself. This could be a price comparison function for online shopping, system optimization and cleaning functions, or a password manager.

Of the antiviruses presented, the option that lacks additional functions is Avast. So, it contains only a password manager, the antivirus itself, consisting of a monitor and a scanner, as well as a firewall protection function. Of course, the paid version has a few more additional features. For example, there is also protection against spam, phishing, and a firewall. The situation is similar with the Avira program. All additional security features will have to be purchased. While 360 Total Security for Windows (reviews especially emphasize this) all of the above functions are available for use by users absolutely free. Isn't that attractive?

Now it has become absolutely clear that 360 Total Security (reviews also point out this) offers its users complete vulnerability fixes, system cleaning, firewall, system optimization, cloud protection, as well as a number of other nice features, on a completely free basis.

Installation

The program installation mechanism is incredibly simple. In order to do this, you do not need to have any special knowledge. You just need to download and run the downloader file, click on the “Install” button. It is also possible to select the folder in which the program will be installed. In general, you won’t be able to configure anything else yourself at this stage.

According to user reviews in 2017 about 360 Total Security, the program contains a number of antivirus engines. Among them are:

The Avira engine is the fruit of the labor of German developers and is considered extremely powerful. Initially disabled.
The Bitdefender engine is the result of the work of Romanian programmers. Initially disabled.
Cloud Scanner 360 Cloud - This engine is always enabled and cannot be disabled. Uses information about file checksums.
QVM AI is its own engine, which is a proactive protection system that is based on cloud technologies. Provides an opportunity for your system to receive protection from threats that this antivirus is not yet familiar with.

Almost all engines can be disabled and enabled directly in the settings of the program itself. However, first you still need to download and install them. Of course, you don’t have to do this yourself; this process is completely automated. You just need to click on the button in the “Antivirus” section that corresponds to a specific engine. The installation and download process will be demonstrated below in the same window. In the same window, you can disable the engine that you do not currently need.

It's incredibly convenient to use. By installing just one program, the user essentially receives a whole range of working antiviruses, which can be turned on or off when the user wants it.

Functions

Reviews of the 360 Total Security antivirus also talk about the abundance of functions that the program in question offers its users. Among them are the following:

Full system scan. After the scan is completed, the program displays a window with the result, where it displays all the problems found. These may include virus threats, problems related to system optimization, as well as the presence of temporary files that take up a large amount of internal memory. What options does the user have for further action? Then he can click the “Fix” button in order to correct all threats. After this, he will have the opportunity to recheck the system by clicking on the “Recheck” button. Expert reviews call 360 Total Security antivirus incredibly simple and extremely informative. What does a full check include? We are talking about searching for problems that interfere with the correct operation of the system (that is, related to its optimization), searching for various kinds of “garbage”, various viruses, as well as other malicious software.
Anti-virus scan. All types of tests described can be carried out separately from each other. Thus, the “Antivirus” section allows you to scan the system using one of three types of approaches: full, quick and selective. The latter is intended, for example, to check files on a flash drive for viruses.
System optimization and cleaning. A function that will be useful no matter how long ago the system was installed. Even if there are no visible problems, the antivirus may suggest disabling a number of unnecessary services (we are talking, for example, about the font buffering service), some tasks that were planned in advance, and also perform a number of tasks in order to optimize the connection to the Network. It will never be superfluous. To do this, you will need to click on the "Optimize" button. What kind of “garbage” does the program in question remove? We are talking about system garbage, browser cache files and temporary files.

It is for the above capabilities that the 360 Total Security antivirus receives, in most cases, positive reviews from users. These features allow you to protect your devices from a variety of threats.

Security technologies

Reviews of Qihoo 360 Total Security show that the antivirus contains a variety of protective technologies. Let's look at some of them below:

Webcam protection. Restricts access to your webcam; no attackers will be able to use it.
Keylogger protection. The essence of its functioning lies in the fight against keyboard interceptors. This is incredibly important for those who frequently shop online and pay with a credit card.
Checking downloaded files. The executable file is blocked, but not during downloading, but already in the browser cache.
Blocking malicious sites. It seems that no further explanation is required. Among other things, it provides protection against malicious sites and phishing.
Online purchase protection. The function detects the time when you visit an online store and blocks the ability to launch all suspicious programs for this period. It is also recommended to use a sandbox.
USB storage protection. Provides the ability to disable the autorun function for connected devices of this type.
Registry protection. Does not allow changing critical registry branches.
Behavioral blocking. Prevents programs from performing a variety of suspicious activities.
Blocking network threats. Blocks program access to those network resources that could be harmful to the computer.
System protection file. They will not allow you to modify important system files.

Reviews call all these functions of the 360 Total Security antivirus software undoubtedly useful and necessary for this type of program. It's nice.

Additional tools

What other additional tools does the free antivirus 360 Total Security contain? Reviews recommend paying attention to the following:

360 Connect is great for remotely controlling your other devices. A similar tool will be useful for users switching from a PC to a tablet or smartphone.
Instant installation - designed to install the necessary programs in just one click.
Browser protection - designed to prevent unauthorized interference with browser settings.
Firewall - if the standard firewall of the Windows system is not enough for you, then you can use this function of the antivirus in question for free.
Sandbox - designed to run dangerous applications and programs in safe mode. Changes made to the system configuration directly in the sandbox will not be reflected on the real system.
Vulnerabilities - allows you to scan all system vulnerabilities that exist.
Cleaning system backups.
Disk compression - designed to free up disk space by compressing a number of system files. However, it is important to remember that this process significantly reduces productivity.

These extra features are what really make 360 Total Security Essential reviews stand out. Most of them are extremely useful. Therefore, they should not be neglected.

Performance

Even on systems with the most modest parameters and, frankly, weak ones, the functioning of the 360 Total Security antivirus (user reviews confirm this fact) does not in any way affect its performance.

For the user, slowdown can only become noticeable if a full or partial scan of the computer is currently running. In general, it is recommended to close all applications during such checks until it is clear that the device is not infected.

The 350 Total Security program receives negative reviews because its update mechanism is supposedly incredibly demanding on system resources. However, tests did not confirm this theory.

Settings

Judging by the way reviews of the 2017 360 Total Security antivirus are described, the user can configure many of the nuances of the functioning of this program independently. Some possibilities in this regard will be discussed below. For example, the user can enable or disable active protection at the moment the system starts, and also manage the automatic update settings. Although, of course, in order to provide your device with proper protection, it is recommended to leave all the above parameters enabled. However, there is still one option that can be disabled if you want. This is about displaying the time during which the system boots after it has been rebooted.

In general, all settings intended to control active protection are located in a special section. In order to significantly improve productivity, there is only one automatic check - scanning executable files and documents. While other programs often examine all files in a row, which significantly reduces the efficiency of the process. This also means that if an infected archive is copied into the system (even without a password), the antivirus will not detect it. As explained, in its initial settings the program does not scan compressed files in principle. However, this is easy to fix. You just need to activate the “Scan compressed files” function when you run a full scan of your hard drive. The "Confidentiality" tab allows you to activate a mode that protects the webcam from any access attempts, of each of which it will immediately notify the user.

360 Total Security is a modern free antivirus from Qihoo with full protection against all types of threats in real time, a Sandboxi virtual environment with additional system optimization and cleaning functions.

Qihoo introduced its powerful product 360 Total Security, which replaced the previous version of the comprehensive antivirus 360 Internet Security, it also used several antivirus engines to protect the computer, including its own cloud-based developments, which have proven themselves. In the new product, the number of engines has increased to five. All of them are reliable, powerful and time-tested: QVM II (responsible for proactive protection), 360 Cloud (cloud protection), System Repair (system vulnerability analysis and recovery), BitDefender, Avira AntiVir, the last two can be enabled and disabled at will ( by default, they are disabled after installation). The load on the system has been optimized, allowing you to hardly notice the antivirus running.

The pleasant and friendly interface of 360 Total Security is implemented in the style of Windows 8. There should be no difficulties in operation and maintenance, everything is intuitive. The range of possible settings is quite sufficient to tailor the operation of the antivirus to your own needs. Everything is in its place and easy to find.

The level of protection is easily adjusted in the corresponding “Protection” menu, which is called up by clicking on the large icon (where it says “protection: on”) and then “Settings”. The user can select a level from ready-made rule sets or set their own, enabling or disabling selected protection modules: whether to use the BitDefender and Avira AntiVir antivirus engines, conditions for scanning files (when saving or also every time they open), whether to use behavioral analysis, scanning files when downloading from the Internet, enable or disable banking protection and other functions. The default mode is balanced, providing optimal load and protection.

From the settings menu, you can additionally install the 360 Web Threat Protection plugin, which identifies malicious links and sites based on the cloud link database from the 360 Cloud Security Center. The web protection plugin does a very good job of protecting against malicious, phishing (fake) and fraudulent sites. In the Tools menu, you can additionally install a firewall (firewall) GlassWire, which is reliable and easy to configure rules, unlike other firewalls designed for good user preparation. There you can also add a system file compression module, a browser web protection plugin, set up a sandbox and fix system vulnerabilities.

It has its own safe virtual environment - Sandbox, in which you can safely run any program; by the way, Windows 8.1 is supported. You can configure the automatic launch of certain programs in such a Sandbox environment, so that at any time you can remove all traces of the dangerous program, as if it had never been launched at all, since Sandbox is an isolated environment and operates separately from the main system, without making changes to it.

You can selectively launch programs in the sandbox from the Explorer context menu. You can also remove programs and all their sandbox data manually or in accordance with the rules in the Sandbox settings, for example, automatically clearing the sandbox on reboot.

One of the key changes to 360 Total Security is the addition of system cleaning and optimization features, at least to the extent required to increase computer protection. Moreover, the cleaning and acceleration function allows you to do this in one click with the largest button in the main program window, or to carry out these operations sequentially separately in the appropriate sections. For example, accelerating and optimizing system operation:

Finding and solving problems with system vulnerabilities:

When performing such actions, it is advisable to carefully look at what is being deleted or corrected there, so as not to delete something necessary.

You can also manage the antivirus through the context menu in the system tray (the icon on the panel below next to the clock).

360 Total Security is, first of all, an excellent computer protection tool, a powerful antivirus with a high level of protection, based on several antivirus engines and web protection extensions, as well as a built-in safe Sandbox sandbox virtual environment. With all this, it is very easy to use and pleasant to work with.

Qihoo has begun to additionally release a lightweight version of the antivirus without optimization and acceleration elements - . This product contains only antivirus components, that is, all antivirus engines, including BitDefender and Avira, as well as a sandbox. Russian-language interface is also supported. Many people like the lighter version better.

There is no need to say that every day more and more viruses and malicious codes appear. To counter them, technologies to protect against them are also being developed. One of the relatively new packages of this type is the 360 Total Security antivirus. Reviews from experts and users about it, however, are diametrically divided. Let's see why this situation arose.

What is the 360 Total Security package: reviews from experts

Recently, a lot of programs have appeared on the software market that combine the capabilities of proactive anti-virus protection and optimization tools for computer or mobile systems. This includes the 360 Total Security antivirus. Reviews from experts indicate that, in the usual sense, this package is not a pure antivirus, since it also contains a lot of useful features.

However, there are some snags here, because, in fact, Chinese developers tried to combine in one package a fairly large number of modules and technologies, as they say, for all occasions. But, as you know, you can’t sit on all the chairs at once. So with the program, users who have tried this package at work generally evaluate the application positively, although one can also find a lot of nit-picking about problems in individual elements. But first things first.

Antivirus part

First, let's look at the 360 Total Security antivirus (in Russian). Reviews on the Internet, in general, in most cases look quite flattering. First of all, this is due to the fact that the developers used advanced technologies and support for a fairly large number of language packages for the basics of its functioning, including Russian, as is already clear. So it won’t be difficult to understand the basic elements of management. From a technological point of view, the first thing to note is the presence of a “sandbox” (“cloud”) in which threats are placed. The well-known software product works on the same principle. However, there are plenty of differences.

How do they appear in the 360 Total Security program? Reviews from specialists who tested the anti-virus part indicate that the protection module first allows the virus into the system (!), and only then scans the threat and, if necessary, places it in “cloud” quarantine.” It is not clear why this approach was used, since almost all antivirus programs known today try to block the threat at the stage of its penetration into a computer or mobile device. The same applies to visiting potentially infected sites on the Internet, however, after entering such resources, the threat is sent to the “cloud”. But here, unfortunately, no one can give a guarantee that the virus has not caused any harm.

In addition, if we consider the antivirus part of 360 Total Security, user reviews are also sometimes far from flattering, since the package, as it turns out, has a big problem with detecting as yet unknown potential threats. And this despite the constant updating of the anti-virus database. But there is a small problem here too. The fact is that the update occurs only if you have constant access to the Internet, and it is simply impossible to manually update the databases, and they themselves do not look up-to-date at all.

Now a few words about some of the positive aspects that the 360 Total Security antivirus has. Reviews from experts indicate some non-standard approaches of developers to the security system. They note that the program is unique in that it uses two anti-virus engines at once: Avira and Bitdefender (not counting the already mentioned 360 Cloud), used for offline mode. However, the problem is that they are not enabled by default. You can enable them when setting parameters from the protection menu, where you need to enable modules in the settings line for enabling the Bitdefender and/or Avira engine, which looks somewhat inconvenient.

On the other hand, it can also be noted that the 360 Total Security antivirus (reviews from experts confirm this) has a significantly higher level of system protection when making online purchases. Moreover, the program itself is even capable of monitoring the security of a Wi-Fi connection (determining the strength of passwords) and DNS, and is also integrated into almost all known Internet browsers today.

Optimizer capabilities

Now a few words about the capabilities of the optimization part of 360 Total Security. Reviews from experts here are much more optimistic. Moreover, this applies to a greater extent to the mobile version of the package. There are many more advantages here compared to conventional optimizers (this will be discussed separately).

As for the main modules of the program, for example, for clearing the application and browser cache, optimizing the system registry, removing computer junk, etc., in general, they do not stand out in any way, but compared to other applications, this package looks more “smart” if I may say so. It really takes much less time to scan and correct errors. If anyone has encountered AVG PC Tune Up, this is heaven and earth. This is where excellence is best seen (meaning the excellence of 360 Total Security). Feedback from experts, by the way, is such that, in their opinion, the optimizer can provide quite strong competition to such well-known software products as CCleaner or Advanced System Care.

Some features of the software package

It goes without saying that any program of this level, although it looks somewhat standardized, nevertheless has its own characteristics.

Some things have already been discussed, and now it’s time to look at the program from a slightly different angle. The first thing to note here is the antivirus part. Reviews about the 360 Total Security antivirus found on the Internet directly state that the application can be easily installed even on infected systems, and after that it is completely easy to scan a computer or mobile device, and then isolate most threats.

Some experts highlight another key feature of the package. The fact is that to enhance security measures, it has its own firewall in the form of the GlassFire module, which is mainly used to control and monitor network activity with all data displayed in the form of a convenient graph.

And that is not all. There is one more feature that is exclusive to the 360 Total Security software package. Reviews from experts contain enthusiastic opinions about a very interesting element of interaction between a standard computer and mobile set - the 360 Connect Android client, which allows you to manage a desktop program and obtain all information about the computer system directly using a smartphone or tablet.

360 Total Security package for Windows: reviews

For Windows systems, you can observe a division of opinions among users of the package. As already mentioned, it has the problem of detecting fresh viruses, as well as some problems when connecting removable devices in the form of regular flash drives.

In addition, there are cases when, a couple of weeks after installing the program, autoloading completely disappears. Some explain this by the inept disabling of elements in the program itself, but others (which, unfortunately, is much more common) - by the program’s inability to detect Trojans that can cause such failures.

But as for optimization modules, almost all specialists and users have a clear opinion - the program is very good, but in general this applies specifically to the mobile version.

360 Total Security for OS Android

Now let's finally look at 360 Total Security for Android. Reviews from specialists and ordinary owners of smartphones and tablets based on this operating system contain a fairly large number of references to the fact that the package is almost the best among all its kind.

Not taking into account the mobile client for remote control of the stationary computer version, almost everyone notes the high speed of operation, as well as (most importantly) the presence of autorun controls and tools for disabling the most heavy-duty background applications that load automatically when you turn on any gadget.

For example, in order to disable system processes in the same CCleaner, you need to have at least root rights, when “superuser” rights are granted during the process of deactivating elements. There is nothing like this with the 360 Total Security Mobile package. You can turn off almost everything.

Although this is not an innovation, when installed and integrated into Android systems of any version, the program creates a special quick optimization widget on the main screen, which is very convenient. Just one click is enough, and all processes related to ending unused processes, clearing the browser or application cache, deleting junk files, outdated APKs, call logs and messages are carried out automatically in the background without additional intervention from the owner of the gadget.

Advantages and disadvantages

In principle, the package has almost equal numbers of both positive and negative reviews. In addition to what was discussed above, it is worth noting that sometimes a false positive occurs in the antivirus.

So, for example, some unlicensed Chinese programs (note that they are Chinese) are recognized by the antivirus itself as a potential threat or unwanted software. It’s strange, because the package itself was developed precisely by Chinese specialists... However, in terms of using 360 Total Security as a system optimizer, almost no one has any complaints. Moreover, it is now difficult to find a free package with such high-level capabilities, and 360 Total Security is one of those.

If you compare 360 Total Security with other antiviruses and optimizers...

If you compare 360 Total Security with other similar software products, everyone notes that the Windows version looks quite similar to other software. But, again, according to most experts and users, the mobile version, as they say, is head and shoulders above all other applications of this type. Even if the client is constantly hanging in RAM, it, as one might assume, does not load the system at all.

Is it worth using 360 Total Security: summary

So, what can we say in conclusion? Antivirus 360 Total Security (reviews, rating - last place in the TOP 10 antivirus packages - this is confirmed quite eloquently) raises legitimate doubts due to the fairly large number of problems with detecting potential threats and the methodology for determining them when a virus and malware do first penetrate into the system.

Some controversial issues also concern possible conflicts between your own firewall and the Windows firewall. However, the firewall can be disabled in the package settings. But there is the possibility of remote control, which is not available in other programs.

As for the mobile version, today 360 Total Security ranks first in the ranking of optimizers. This is not even discussed.

However, it’s up to everyone to decide whether to use this product for Windows or Android, but I think for stationary systems it’s better to install a separate, more powerful antivirus and run 360 Total Security only for optimization (if you dig around, the antivirus part can be disabled). Well, for mobile devices, even without root rights, this is just a godsend.