CoGen AntiVirus 2007

Good looking and powerful virus checker

New computer viruses, Trojans and worms appear everyday. They not only drastically affect your computer's performance but they can lead to serious security breaches. CoGen Anti-Virus provides continuous protection via a Virtual Machine Unpacking Engine (VUE) that detects viruses 24/7. It also features a Memory Monitor, Script Blocking, Email Scan, Spam Filter and Screen Saver Scan.

This virus checker not only does a good job - popup alerts tell you of any suspicious activity but it's also one of the best looking virus checkers I've used. The sleek black interface really gives it a classy look and all the major scanning actions are easy to find. The best feature is the Auto-Protect feature which instantly detects that a network computer is attempting to spread a virus. It's integrated with a Network Blacklist that will intercept the virus and record the name and IP address of that computer. If you're on a network, other computers can be manually added to the list too so there's no danger of the virus spreading. All-in-all, a comprehensive and powerful virus checker that's only let down by the lack of updates for definitions.