The choice of possible guard-dogs for your PC is certainly wide ranging. Some security suites are more effective than others, some are more comprehensive, and BitDefender's effort definitely has the latter base covered. It offers the ...

If you ask about budget anti-virus protection on any message board, odds are that AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition will be recommended. It's a solid program that provides a good level of basic protection and regular updates ...

These days there's a large range of anti-virus options to choose from, not just Norton and McAfee. The Trend Micro brand has been around for a while (previously it was also known as PC-Cillin) and is ...

Thanks to the good old Internet and its wealth of potential security risks, there will never be a lack of interest in PC protection. Spyware Doctor has been one of the more successful anti-spyware tools of ...

As an alternative to VPN remote access, hosted remote control services from companies such as LogMeIn have a lot to offer, enabling you to connect to a home or office PC from anywhere with Internet access. ...

Recently we took at look at McAfee's Total Protection 2007, identifying it as a comprehensive and powerful set of tools for securing your PC. With Microsoft's Onecare also on the prowl, it was inevitable that security ...

McAfee's Total Protection is an all-in-one solution for the home user that crams an impressive amount of tools and applications into a single suite. These can either be installed as a complete collection or, unlike many ...

There's little point reiterating the proliferation of online threats in the modern online world, so instead let's look at the latest release of a popular remedy. GriSoft has, for many years, provided a free version of ...

Bullguard has for some time been a purveyor of respected and widely-used firewall software. Regularly notching up awards and gradually increasing its exposure, it might not be - thankfully - as in-your-face as a Norton product, ...

In recent years all the big names in Internet security software have added 'all-in-one' products to their ranges. Each new release sees more features being added to these packages (with some exceptions), and the latest 2007 ...

PC-cillin Internet Security 2007 is another alternative to popular suites like McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007 and ZoneAlarm. It works in a similar way to most, splitting tools into sections for each of the main elements ...

Every Autumn you can depend on a number of certainties in life. Leaves will fall. Christmas stuff will start to appear in shops and on the TV. Electronic Arts will bring out the year's crop of ...

When it comes to research, debate, news, reviews, or a million and one other functions, the Internet has become an indispensable resource to many people. But it's also a dangerous virtual realm, particularly when it comes ...

European Anti-Virus (AV) companies are looking to the UK more and more as a market. First we had Panda from Spain and now we have the German G Data, with its AntiVirusKit Internet Security 2006, marketed ...

A year ago, if you wanted to scan a computer for spyware, viruses and to prevent attacks via the Internet, you would have needed three or more pieces of software. But new products like F-Secure's Anti-Virus ...

Keeping your PC secure against people who want to do it harm takes more than anti-virus software. You do need protection against viruses, of course, but in some ways the more insidious threats are adware, which ...

The goal of SystemWorks is to provide a comprehensive suite of maintenance and security tools, all wrapped up in one neat package. There are four main programs: Norton Antivirus, GoBack, Utilities and Cleanup. As we've come ...

We immediately warmed to Steganos Internet Security 2006. It has manners. Whereas some products of its ilk would instantly have you installing every tool they had to offer in one go, Steganos doesn't work like that. ...

The latest in security applications from McAfee comes in a big red box. There's absolutely no need for the box to be as large as it is, with just a disc and a tiny leaflet rattling ...

At first we were impressed with GData's AntiVirus Kit Internet Security 2005. It installed with minimum fuss, went about its business pretty much straight away and gave us little in the way of headaches. But that's ...