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Since there are so many antiviruses, antispyware and other similar tools available on the market, and everyone in the civilised world heard about computer viruses in the news, there's no need to tell you about the dangers lurking in the darkness of the Internet or your LAN. After all, there's always Google or Wikipedia available for those who need to find out more about these modern pests. Now, the program I have here comes from a company called ISecSoft, and its name is Anti Trojan Elite, so get ready for it!


Setup

Anti Trojan Elite, or simply "ATE", is a malware remover with some additional features that officially supports Windows 98, ME, 200, XP and 2003. While the last update to the trojan library was done on the 15th of May, 2007, the application seems to have been updated last time in 2005, since the copyright information inside it says "2002-2005".

Priced at $39.95, ATE is available to download and try for free, but to clean threats found on your computer and get rid of the nag screen, you'll have to register. At last, you should know that the setup package has 5.7MB in size, and the installation process shouldn't be much of a problem, unless you try to read the lower part of the text in second screenshot above...


Interface

As you can see in the screenshot to the left, ATE's interface isn't quite as expected. While there are some good graphics present, the overall look and feel of this program makes me think about something done in a hurry, or with a gun to the head. While the icons in the menu look good, the "Anti Trojan Elite" text that seems to be carved in stone shouldn't be there, because it simply doesn't fit in, and there are also other graphics inside this program that are just ugly, and nothing more.


Features

When I tried to update the program, because that's the first thing I always do first with antiviruses and other programs that need to be updated before everything else, I got an error. It seems that only registered users can update the program, so I moved on...

Inside the Scan Type screen (by the way, when you enter a menu, you won't see its name written anywhere inside the main window, as it is normal), I noticed a rather strange thing - the tooltips that appear when placing the mouse above a button have fixed sizes, so you'll see some strange tooltip texts, like "Sensit-ive-Area" or "Flopp-y".

The database is rather old, and has less than 60,000 entries, but at least you can take advantage of the Tools area, that hosts a Network and Process manager, a System Optimizer or a IE Repair tool.

At last, the Options area allows you to access the Config screen, where you can set some basic options, including scan mode, or compressed file scanning (only CAB, ZIP and RAR archives are supported at this time).


The Good

Anti Trojan Elite is pretty easy to use and, despite its interface design issues, works well and I had no problems while running it.

The Bad

The database is really old, and the interface is quite a mess here and there, despite the fact it's not that bad, after all. The truth is that this program still needs a lot of work... and a smaller price, for sure!

Conclusion

While it's obvious that ATE isn't the antivirus of my dreams, I've seen worse. Honestly, I can't recommend you to place all your trust in this application, but you can give it a try, at least for a quick system scan. The way I see things, in a few years, this program will either get much better, or simply vanish from the market.

Developer: ISecSoft, Inc.
Price: $39.95
Trial Link: Download