Keeping your data safe on your device is easy today. And although more and more viruses are launched on the Internet, many high-quality anti-virus programs are becoming more and more accessible to users. However, choosing a good antivirus will take some effort. The article in question will help to facilitate your task. It will take a closer look at 360 Total Security antivirus software. Reviews of 2017 call it extremely profitable choice... What is it? What are the advantages over competitors? What are the features of its installation and functioning? How does the use of 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. Given the fact that the product in question is free, the competitors with whom we would compare it should also be free. There are a lot of antiviruses today. This means that it is almost impossible to compare the program under consideration with at least most of them. So let's compare only with 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 named the best free antivirus program a couple of years ago. In addition, the 360 Total Security antivirus we are considering in this article (reviews draw attention to this fact) works, among other things, on the Avira Antivir engine. Although, in general, the program supports three different engines, which can function both separately and together. Avast, on the other hand, permanently shows good performance, that is, it does not consume too many system resources during its operation.
It is quite obvious that antivirus programs today are equipped with many features that have nothing to do with antivirus protection itself. This can be a price comparison function for online shopping, optimization and system cleaning functions, or a password manager.
Of the antiviruses presented, the most deprived of additional functions option is "Avast". So, it contains only a password manager, an antivirus itself, consisting of a monitor and a scanner, and a firewall protection function. Of course, there are a few more additional functions in the paid version. For example, there is also protection against spam, phishing, firewall. The situation is similar with the Avira program. All additional protection features will have to be purchased. While 360 Total Security for Windows (the reviews emphasizes this especially), all of the above functions are available for use by users absolutely free. Isn't it attractive?
Now it has become absolutely obvious that 360 Total Security (reviews also pay attention to this) offers its users a complete vulnerability fix, system cleaning, firewall, system optimization, cloud protection, and a number of other nice features for a completely free basis.
Installation
The installation mechanism of the program 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 loader file, click on the "Install" button. It is also possible to select the folder where the program will be installed. In general, nothing else can be configured on your own at this stage.
As described by user reviews 2017 about 360 Total Security, the program contains a number of anti-virus engines. Among them are:
- The Avira engine, the fruit of the work of German developers, 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 checksums of files.
- QVM AI is its own engine, which is a proactive defense system that relies on cloud technologies... Provides an opportunity for your system to receive protection from threats with which this antivirus is not yet familiar.
Almost all engines can be disabled and enabled directly in the settings of the program itself. However, to begin with, you still need to download and install them. Of course, you don't have to do this yourself, this process is fully automated. It is enough just in the "Anti-Virus" section to click on the button that corresponds to a certain engine. The installation and download process will be demonstrated below in the same window. In the same window, you can disable the engine, which on this moment you don't need it.
It's incredibly convenient to use. By installing only one program, the user, in essence, gets a number of working antiviruses, which can be enabled or disabled when the user himself wants it.
Functions
Reviews of 360 Total Security antivirus also tell about the abundance of functions that the program in question offers its users. Among them, the following are distinguished:
- Full system scan. After the end of the scan, the program displays a window with the result, where it displays all the problems found. Among them may be virus threats, problems associated with optimizing system performance, as well as the presence of temporary files that take up a large number of internal memory... What options for further actions does the user have? Then he can click the "Fix" button in order to correct all threats. After that, he will be able to re-check the system by clicking on the "Re-check" button. Antivirus 360 Total Security reviews experts call 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 all sorts of "garbage", various viruses, as well as other malicious software.
- Anti-virus scan. All types of checks described can be carried out separately from each other. Thus, the "Anti-Virus" section allows you to scan the system using one of three types of approaches: full, quick and custom. The latter is designed to, for example, check files on a USB flash drive for viruses.
- Optimization and cleaning of the system. A function that will be useful no matter how long ago the system was installed. Even visible problems no, the antivirus may suggest disabling a number of unnecessary services (for example, we are talking about the font buffering service), some tasks that were scheduled 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 need to click on the "Optimize" button. What "garbage" does the program in question remove? We are talking about system junk, browser cache files and temporary files.
It is for the capabilities listed above that 360 Total Security antivirus receives user reviews, in most cases, positive. These features allow you to shield your devices from a variety of threats.
Protective technologies
Reviews of Qihoo 360 Total Security show that there are many different protection technologies in the antivirus. Let's consider some of them further:
- Webcam protection. Restricts access to your webcam, no intruders can 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 their credit card.
- Checking uploaded files. The executable file is blocked, but not during download, but already in the browser cache.
- Blocking malicious sites. No further explanation seems to be needed. Among other things, it provides protection against malicious sites and phishing.
- Online shopping protection. Functions determines the time when you visit any online store and blocks the possibility of launching all suspicious programs for this period. It is also recommended to use a sandbox.
- USB protection. Provides the ability to disable the autorun function for this type of connected device.
- Registry protection. Does not allow changing critical registry branches.
- Behavioral blocking. Prevents programs from performing various suspicious actions.
- Blocking network threats. Blocks programs from accessing those network resources that may be harmful to your computer.
- System protection file. Will not allow modification of important system files.
All these functions of antivirus program 360 Total Security are called, undoubtedly, useful and necessary for this kind of program. It's nice.
Additional tools
What other additional tools does free antivirus 360 Total Security? Reviews recommend paying attention to the following:
- 360 Connect is great for remote control your other devices. A similar tool will be useful for users switching from PC to tablet or smartphone.
- Instant installation - designed to install required programs with just one click.
- Browser protection - designed to prevent unauthorized tampering with browser settings.
- Firewall - if a regular firewall is not enough for you Windows systems, then you can use this function of the antivirus in question for free.
- Sandbox - designed to be safe mode run dangerous applications and programs. The real system will not be affected by those changes that are made to the system configuration directly in the sandbox.
- Vulnerabilities - allows you to scan all system vulnerabilities that are present.
- Cleaning backups systems.
- Disk Compression - designed to free up disk space by compressing a row system files... However, it is important to remember that this process significantly reduces performance.
These additional features are particularly highlighted by 360 Total Security Essential reviews. Most of them are extremely useful. Therefore, they should not be neglected.
Performance
Even on systems with the most modest parameters and, frankly, weak, the functioning of 360 Total Security antivirus (user reviews confirm this fact) does not in any way affect its performance.
For the user, the slowdown can become noticeable only if a full or partial computer scan is running at the moment. In general, it is recommended to close all applications during such checks until it becomes clear that the device is not infected.
The 350 Total Security program receives negative reviews for the fact that the mechanism for its updating is allegedly incredibly demanding on system resources. However, tests of this theory have not been confirmed.
Settings
Judging by how the reviews of 2017 antivirus 360 Total Security describe, the user can configure many of the nuances of the operation of this program on his own. Some possibilities in this regard will be discussed below. So, for example, the user can enable or disable active protection at the moment when the system starts up, as well as manage the settings. automatic update... 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 parameter that can be disabled if you want to. It is about displaying the time during which the system boots after being rebooted.
In general, all settings designed to control active protection are located in a special section. To dramatically improve productivity, there is only one automatic check- scanning executable files and documents. While other programs often examine all files in a row, this greatly reduces the efficiency of the process. It also means that if an infected archive is copied to the system (not even a password-protected one), the antivirus will not detect it. As explained, in its initial settings, the program basically does not check compressed files... However, this is easy to fix. It is enough just to activate the function "Scan compressed files" at the time when you run a full scan of the hard drive. The "Privacy" 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.
Once I recorded a video about 29 programs that I install after reinstalling Windows, and then many were surprised that I did not install an external antivirus. Since I am regularly asked which antivirus is better to install, I decided to make this note. In it, I will give one free solution that many should like.
It's about free software solution 360 Total Security. It is a complex of several applications, one of which is antivirus. And besides him, the complex includes tools for cleaning the computer from unnecessary files, utilities to optimize system performance and other modules.
Modern antiviruses are increasingly turning into some kind of combines, which, in addition to their direct responsibilities for antivirus protection, are able to perform many other tasks. Some are good at it, others are not. Our today's hero copes well with this.
After installation and launch, you will see something like this:
It is immediately clear that there is not only antivirus, but also modules for optimizing and cleaning the system. I will not dwell on them especially, everything is quite simple there. In the case of the "Acceleration" module, you run the analysis, the program tells you what can be improved in terms of system performance, you either agree and the program makes changes, or you refuse and everything remains the same.
In the case of the spouse's computer, 39 optimization points were found:
If you take the "Cleanup" module, then the program will analyze it and offer to delete all unnecessary files from the system (temporary files, browser cache files, system junk, etc.). In general, I liked how these modules work, they offer everything to the point.
As for the main function - anti-virus protection, everything here is done surprisingly efficiently and conveniently. One of the features of this antivirus is that it uses several antivirus engines at once, which can be turned on and off. Here is a list and a description from the developers:
+ Avira engine is a powerful engine developed by a German company. Disabled by default.
+ Bitdefender engine is another supported engine developed by Romanian programmers. Disabled by default.
+ Cloud Scanner 360 Cloud- its own cloud-based antivirus engine using information about checksums files. Always on, not separately disabled.
+ QVM AI- our own proactive defense system using cloud technologies. Allows you to protect your system from threats unknown to the antivirus. Always enabled and not disabled separately.
Each engine has its own icon, by clicking on which you can turn the engine on or off.
For reliability, I turned on everything at once.
As for the results, one suspicious file was found on my computer after a total check, but after checking my wife's computer
more than 90 threats have been identified! Although most of them were harmless enough, two turned out to be quite serious Trojans that were successfully removed from the system.
This is how it looks:
For any detected threat, you can view detailed information by clicking on the "Details" icon. An example of such information for one of the detected Trojans.
Overall, I think the antivirus has done its job well.
The last tab I would like to talk about is the "Tools" tab. There are concentrated additional utilities that may be useful to you.
If you click on the arrow to the right, the rest of the tools will open:
Here's what the developers themselves write about these tools:
+ 360 Connect- a tool for remote configuration of a computer.
+ 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... Unlike competitors, there are no secure browsing and user tracking blocking features.
+ Firewall- The stock Windows firewall is pretty good and will satisfy the needs of most users. If it is not enough, then 360 Total Security offers to install (completely free) GlassWire Firewall. Actually, after launching the Firewall tool, you will see a window with the Install button. After installing the firewall, this button will start 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 this or that security update (patch).
+ Clean up system backups- this tool has already been demonstrated earlier.
+ Compress disk- allows you to free up disk space by compressing system files. On the test machine, the tool suggested compressing 4.7 GB. Remember that shrinking system files will likely degrade performance, so this should only be used as a last resort (when free space is more important than performance).
What are the downsides to 360 Total Security?
1. Since the product is free, sometimes you come across advertising banners with an offer to install different programs. This is rather not even a minus, but just such a way of paying for a "free" product. Developers make money on this. By the way, sometimes very good programs are advertised, I even bought one of them.
2. Once during antivirus scan of running processes, the program stalled on one of the processes associated with Google chrome... As a result, the browser began to glitch, and the antivirus itself stopped responding. Only the reboot helped. I do not exclude that this is connected specifically with my car.
3. I didn’t like the speed of selective scanning. When you need to check a specific file in the system, you need to right-click on it and select "Scan with 360 Total Security". But the scan does not start instantly, but for some time the program thinks - it is a little annoying.
To summarize, this complex can be recommended to those who want to provide themselves with anti-virus protection, but do not want to use paid solutions. In general, everything is done soundly, the program works smartly, the design and usability are at the level. Personally, I have not yet decided for myself to leave this system on my computer or still remove it and work without an antivirus.
Have you heard anything about this antivirus? What antivirus are you currently using? Share your opinion in the comments, maybe your comment will help someone a lot.
I took the description of the tools from the developers' article that lives.
Well, to add life to this article, I will add a photo that I took at yesterday's workout:
How often is the program updated?
On average, virus signatures are updated daily. In order to always use current version antivirus, it is recommended to have stable connection to the Internet, and, if necessary, allow access to the network for the program in the firewall.Why does 360 Total Security detect viruses but other scanners don't?
Different types of antivirus programs use different engines and detection methods malware... Because of this feature, scan results may vary from program to program. Despite this, regular software updates can improve its performance several times.
What anti-virus protection mechanisms does 360 Total Security use?
The antivirus uses five protective mechanisms at the same time. These include BitDefender and Avira AntiVir, 360 Cloud Protection, System Restore and QVMII AI Self-Learning. All mechanisms are customizable in many parameters and allow you to choose the most suitable protection mode for you.
Is it possible to recover a file deleted by an antivirus?
360 Total Security does not literally delete infected files. She puts them in a special storage - "quarantine". From there, files can be either permanently deleted or restored to their original location. Therefore, in order to return the deleted files, you just need to go to the "quarantine" and perform certain manipulations.To prevent any of the viruses known today from leaking onto your device - PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone, engineers from Qihoo 360 have provided their program with an impressive set useful tools... Their list can surprise even the user of the most modern versions of expensive antivirus programs. This free antivirus will update all your ideas about freeware software.
See for yourself:
- For maximum efficiency, the core of the program consists of several engines at once. In addition to Qihoo's proprietary algorithm, 360 TS includes Avira and Bitdefender. Working together, they ensure that your personal data does not fall into the hands of even the most sophisticated attackers.
- Protection is an imperceptible but constant process. Antivirus 2015 runs in the background, checking every process and new connection for potential threats. In addition, if you need to launch an application by all means, it can be safely done in a special "sandbox", from where the possible threat will certainly not get to the hard drives.
- Support. For example, one of the latest free antivirus updates made users happy with the Russian version of the interface, thanks to which the program became even closer to the domestic user. The already clear control of functions will now not cause difficulties even for those who first encountered such a product.
All in all, if you are tired of paying for a license, there is a great alternative. 360 TS Antivirus offers robust protection for free!
Hello everyone. For a long time I have not written about programs that relate to the security of the system, but today I will fix it. I will tell you what kind of 360 Total Security program it is, you will see how efficiently it works, conclude whether you need it and if not, you can easily remove it. I will write to everyone about this.
360 Total Security is an antivirus, but unlike others, it is especially advanced since it includes four engines at once: Avira AntiVir, Bitdefender, QVM II and the cloud computing power of 360 Cloud. There is a special version for Android devices, and by the way I remember this program, often it was 360 Security that was recommended on the forums to remove junk programs on Android
The program implements proactive protection, control of sites in the browser, verification of downloaded files and technologies for detecting keyloggers (viruses that record everything you type on the keyboard).
In a sense, this is a software combiner, since there is also a firewall (control of all network connections, it must be downloaded as a GlassWire Firewall component), protection of a web browser from dangerous sites, as well as tools for optimizing system performance (autorun control, task scheduler, fine-tuning of the Internet connection).
360 Total Security also has an assistant in the form of an extension for popular browsers (but apart from Mozilla, but it is possible that this has already been fixed). This extension carefully controls the pages visited: fake (phishing) sites, sites with viruses and other garbage pages will be blocked.
I will not argue, but it seems that, according to many estimates, this antivirus has high ratings. But again, just like with other powerful Kaspersky antivirus, 360 Total Security checks the system to such an extent that sometimes ordinary utilities seem to be malicious. On the contrary, it misses some threats. But all these are the opinions of certain users, while the bulk of users are still satisfied with the antivirus.
True, 360 Total Security does not always enter the system correctly, often users find it and do not understand what it is and where it came from. And all because it can get into Windows when installing third-party software, this is a frequent occurrence among software. Whatever it was, today I will figure out what kind of 360 Total Security program it is and how much it is needed
When installed into the system, 360 Total Security also installs the Bitdefender antivirus kernel, this can be disabled by unchecking this checkbox:
360 Total Security appearance
The program looks fine, well, in the sense that there is no overloaded interface, everything is quite clear:
There are main tabs, they have certain possibilities. What's more interesting is that you can even enter the program using your VKontakte account:
To do this, you need to click on VK Login in the right corner of the program:
Another icon, the one in the form of a T-shirt, is responsible for changing the themes of the antivirus:
Although, as for me, the themes in the antivirus are somehow superfluous.
Let's examine a little 360 Total Security externally. On the Full scan tab, there is one huge button - Scan, you press it and the antivirus accordingly starts checking the computer:
When finished, you can fix all the jambs or recheck. I had one threat and a lot of junk files, the size of which reached 3.4 GB:
By the way, there will be written Problems found at the top, and so there is a link detailed information, if you are interested, you can see, there may be interesting details.
While testing 360 Total Security, I can already say that I like how quickly and clearly the program interface works, all functions work smartly, system scans are also fast enough. And at the same time, I have not noticed any advertising in the program yet.
On the Antivirus tab, you can start a scan, there are three types in total, I chose Quick scan. It lasted for about two minutes, then there was the following result:
There are no problems, this is probably because I have already used the full check on the first tab. In general, there is also a full check and a custom check, in which you can specify which folders should be checked.
There is a lot of interesting stuff on the Acceleration tab. And really useful, I liked the fact that everything that starts with Windows is displayed here:
By the way, you don’t need to think about what can be turned off and what not, for this just click on the Optimize button.
On the same tab, but in the Manual section, you can independently disable some programs from Windows startup (and delete invalid ones):
The Cleaning tab will allow you to scan the system for garbage, it can be both garbage extensions and temporary files:
There is a lot of things on the Tools tab, here you can install an additional firewall component, there is a registry cleaning tool, and you can also instantly install some programs (this is something new):
In my opinion, the Browser Protection function will be useful for many. Here you can select the browser you are using and block any unauthorized changes in it (virus programs often like to install malicious extensions, change search engine, lock settings):
By the way, the Registry Cleanup tool can also find a bunch of junk in the registry:
Firewall is a dedicated tool for complete control network activity programs, that is, you can either deny access to the Internet or allow any program. But here you need to figure out a little who can be given access to the network, and who should not
360 Total Security Settings
Now let's see how things are going with the 360 Total Security settings, to do this, click on this button and select Settings in the menu:
So what can I say here. Everything is set up optimally, you don't need to change anything. But personally, some things still annoy me, namely that after turning on the computer, a message appears about how many seconds it took Windows to boot. And so it is constantly. To disable this, uncheck this checkbox in the settings of 360 Total Security on the General tab:
On the Active protection tab, you can enable special antivirus extensions in browsers, if you need it. But I will say right away that here, on the one hand, it may seem superfluous to you, but on the other hand, these extensions will actually block those sites that distribute virus software. So think about whether to connect them or not:
On the Antivirus tab, you may be interested in the option to disable 360 Total Security from context menu file, to do this, uncheck this box:
Also, on this tab, you can schedule a scan, for example, if you have a powerful and fast computer, you can set it to scan every day:
Or every week, here you can see how you use your computer and the Internet, if you are very active, then all the same, a daily check will be the best option.
By the way, here is the tray menu, quick access to different sections of 360 Total Security:
I also accidentally noticed that this antivirus also helps to update your Windows, to be honest, I did not know that there was such a feature in it:
I have Windows 7, but I think that it will also help update Windows 10, although it seems to be able to cope with this task itself.
Small addition. Unfortunately, over time, I discovered an unpleasant jamb in the 360 Total Security antivirus. And such a jamb that other antiviruses do not seem to have, in general, I have not seen. In short, sometimes, I don't know how often, but after turning on the computer, the antivirus shows the following advertisement:
How to remove ads in 360 Total Security? And go and know how .. It seems to be no way, in any case I have not found such a setting. Moreover, the antivirus seems to be free, I just thought at first that maybe the paid version of the antivirus does not have ads, but it turns out that there is no paid version. You have to pay for everything and even for free ... No, of course you can remove ads if you track the addresses of 360 Total Security servers and block access to them in hosts file but then the antivirus will not be able to update, so this is not a solution to the problem. So how to remove ads in 360 Total Security is unfortunately not known yet.
How to remove 360 Total Security Antivirus from PC completely?
Due to the fact that often 360 Total Security gets on the computer in a not quite correct way, that is, when installing other programs, it is not surprising that some users want to remove it.
But before deleting, I will write my opinion. In general, I am skeptical about modern antiviruses (especially new ones), since for the most part they carry dubious functions. All the new features are not very useful, and the rest have been in antiviruses for a long time. Recently, only proactive protection and heuristic analysis have improved, everything else is just embellished. But on the other hand, many functions have appeared that are useful on the one hand, but on the other they can be found in several programs at once. Here in 360 Total Security, in terms of system optimization, there are several tools that are also in the CCleaner program, although the first is an antivirus, and the second is a Windows cleaner
In many antiviruses, sections for cleaning the PC began to appear - to remove temporary files and junk keys in the registry. This is all well and good, but I think antivirus should be antivirus. For example, I use the Outpost firewall, there is no such thing anywhere near it, this is a firewall and a little antivirus. Well, okay, I wrote a little of my thoughts to you
You can remove 360 Total Security from your computer in the usual way. But since the program is large, it will be correct to delete it along with all the garbage that it can leave behind. Here I advise you to use such a tool as, try it, I think it will be interesting for you
Now let's see how to remove 360 Total Security with built-in tools. Click the Start menu and there we select the Control Panel item (and if you have Windows 10, then this item can be found in the menu that is called Win + X):
Then find the Programs and Features icon, launch it:
In the list of installed software, find 360 Total Security, right-click on it and select Uninstall:
The uninstaller will start, then click Continue:
Then a message will pop up, where you need to confirm the deletion again:
Removal will start:
The process should take at most a minute, then 360 Total Security will be completely removed from your computer. After that, a browser will open with a page where you will be asked to inform about the reason for the deletion.
Well, that's almost all .. almost, because there will still be a little bit of garbage in the registry But this can be fixed, I will now show how
How to remove 360 Total Security from the registry?
This procedure should only be performed if you, like me, try to keep the system in strict cleanliness. Garbage keys in the registry don't load Windows too much! But nevertheless, I try to delete them.
So, hold down Win + R, a small window will appear, write a command such as regedit there and click OK:
The Registry Editor will open. In it, hold down Ctrl + F and in the Find field, paste 360 Total Security so that all entries with the mention of this antivirus are found:
Let me remind you once again that you need to delete in this way only those keys that were found (that is, automatically selected) during the search! To continue the search, press F3 and then delete all found keys again, and so on until there is a message that the search is over.
This is not very important, but personally, I always try to clean the registry like this after uninstalling the software, I do not uninstall programs so often, so you can work
Well, everything, it seems to have told everything, now you know 360 Total Security what kind of program it is, and it's easy to understand whether you need it or not. Good luck to you
01.06.2016