

The mostly-white main window with its dark blue menu has a pleasing appearance. Panels at the left offer security statistics, and a menu across the top gives you access to all features.

A panel below this button nags you to run that scan, if you didn't let it run automatically after install. The program's main window focuses on a big round button that launches a quick scan. Reason Core Security reserves scanning for paid customers, but lets anyone use the real-time protection without charge. Malwarebytes and many others offer malware scanning and cleanup for free, but require payment for real-time protection. After that, if you don't pay up, it switches to a free edition that flips the usual model on its head. You can use all premium features for 14 days at no charge. That's roughly eight times the single-license discounted price of Reason Core Security.

More than half of my current products ask just under $40 per year for a single license-these include Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Norton, and Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus. Your subscription lets you install Reason Core Security on five PCs, and the list price of $44.95 per year seems to be perpetually discounted to $24.95.
