These days, even a novice PC user is aware that a simple virus protection program isn't enough for a computer that's hooked up to the Internet. Gone are the days when a firewall was something that ...

GURL Watcher is one of those small, simple but effective utilities that deserves to do well. It provides anyone concerned about the Internet habits of their family or staff with the means to unobtrusively monitor browsing, ...

If you're suffering an endless stream of pop-up ads or continual redirections to "adult" sites when surfing the Net, your PC is probably infected by spyware. Unlike viruses, such pests rarely cause immediate damage but can ...

The two leading purveyors of anti-virus software - Symantec (Norton) and McAfee - have for several years been adding value to their basic product by bundling it in suites with related security software. McAfee's latest offering ...

This is a bluff, we thought to ourselves, as the familiar yellow-and-white Symantec anti-virus package plopped through our letterbox. The package looks the same, but that's surely just those cunning virus-beating boffins toying with us. Upon ...

Viruses, worms, trojans, spam, spyware - the number of Internet threats gets larger every day. As, too, does the armoury of tools needed to protect against them. Hence the rise of integrated solutions, such as Astaro ...

To be safe and work responsibly on the Internet, you need a firewall. It protects your PC from unwanted attacks by miscreant hackers and can keep you 'invisible' when you're surfing the Web. ZoneAlarm Pro is ...

It's not like the old days. In much the same way that front doors now need locks, cars now need alarms and the stereotypical university student needs shares in Durex, it's simply asking for trouble to ...

The spread of unsolicited e-mail, or spam, is insidious, with recent reports claiming that some people receive as many spam messages in a day as legitimate ones. McAfee's SpamKiller 4 aims to stop spam; if not ...

Norton is already considered one of the best providers of anti-virus software in the market. It also does a pretty good software firewall and to combine the two into one product, together with intrusion detection and ...

The World Wide Web is chock-full of sites on every possible topic, and quite a few cover specialised and disturbing subjects. We're talking extreme political views, anarchy, drugs and lots and lots of porn. It makes ...

Formerly known as BlackICE Defender, this package is designed to give your PC total protection against Internet-borne attacks. Unlike conventional Firewall products, however, it also has the ability to keep an eye on the applications that ...

Norton AntiVirus 2002 is the latest incarnation of Symantec's best-selling anti-virus package for all flavours of Windows. This latest update represents an evolutionary change rather than a radical overhaul, consolidating the core functionality, improving the look ...

Anti-virus software such as this has two key components. There's the scanner itself, which is used for thorough file checking and virus removal, and a memory-resident program that watches for virus-like activity all the time your ...

With an always-on connection such as DSL or cable, your computers are open to the world on a permanent basis, giving any malicious person the opportunity to attack them. Firewalls, which are also useful for dial-up ...

We're big fans of encryption here at IT Reviews, thanks mainly to the UK government's increasingly misguided attempts at privacy invasion (see here for example). So convenient data encryption software such as this is right up ...

One doesn't need an 'always on' connection, such as ADSL, to be wary of connecting to the Internet. The threat from hackers and other malicious entities is real enough and a state of paranoia is healthy ...

Hard on the heels of our review of MailSweeper comes another offering from the big brother school of IT tools. This time it's Web use that's under scrutiny. The number of people in the UK who ...

E-mail viruses. Can't stop people writing them, can't trust users not to click on any attachment that purports to contain porn, money or a profession of undying love. So what can you do? Security patches for ...

The recent spate of scripting viruses, including the notorious ILOVEYOU virus, has been a stark reminder of the importance of protecting your PC from external attack. Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus is one of the most well-known anti-virus ...