They rate its effect on system performance. Naturally they measure how effective the antivirus is at protecting against malware infestation. Quick Heal is now also on the radar of the experts at AV-Test Institute, who evaluate antivirus products three different ways. If a vendor's product doesn't initially achieve certification, ICSA Labs helps the vendor remediate any problems and attain certification. This sort of certification is different from scored lab tests. Quick Heal received certification for malware detection from ICSA Labs. Things have changed for the better since then. Mixed Lab Results When I reviewed the previous version of Quick Heal, it appeared in almost none of the lab tests I follow. A News panel now appears at the bottom, with links to educational articles on security. You still see a big banner reporting the system's security status above four panels representing Files & Folders, Emails, Internet & Network, and External Drives & Devices. The components of the program's main window haven't changed, but they're colored and arranged slightly differently. In any case, the Remote Device Management account is only truly useful for mobile devices. This complicated handshake might be a bit daunting for the neophyte user. Then you turn on the feature within Quick Heal, which gives you a one-time password that must be entered back in the online console. You create an online account, with your email address and a password, and enter the product key again. Immediately after installation, you're prompted to connect with Quick Heal Remote Device Management.
Picking your country and state from a drop down list is common, but I was surprised when choosing California caused the next entry to display a list of every city in California.
In addition to an email address, it wants your full name, a phone number, and your country, state, and city. Quick Heal wants to know quite a bit about you.
To upgrade to a paid version, you enter your license key on the About page.
The initial download is just a stub that downloads the latest version of the actual software, automatically choosing 32-bit or 64-bit as appropriate. Anybody can download a 30-day trial of the program.