The ongoing battle between security experts and authors of malicious code has been raging for many a year, and despite doing a good job of reacting quickly to or staying ahead of new threats, it seems ...

In 2008, Australian-based PC Tools was acquired by global security giant Symantec. Many thought this would see Symantec's scanning software being ported into PC Tools' products, but the two have actually continued as separate entities. And ...

Where there's a computer, there's a virus. Or at least there would be, if it wasn't for the vast range of anti-virus and Internet security programs out there. Trend Micro is an established name in the ...

When a vendor calls its product Worry-Free, sceptics (like me) tend to reach for a pinch of salt. The latest version, however, has some interesting new features that look like they really could help take the ...

Ever thought about life from the perspective of a virus? It isn't a pretty picture. Stitched together from ones and zeroes coded by some permanently bored, sociopathic, over-achieving teenager, you're born into a world that really ...

We've been impressed in the past by BitDefender and Total Security 2009 was one of the best alternatives to more established names in this market. The new version promises a similarly comprehensive set of features and ...

On the subject of computers and security issues, the tendency is to think in terms of protection such as anti-virus and firewalls. Keeping Windows updated against vulnerabilities is another obvious measure, but rarely do we mull ...

To paraphrase a politician whose career isn't having its finest moments right now, Kaspersky's Internet Security 2010 is a serious application for serious times. Professionally presented from the off, it's a suite of utilities for battling ...

The concept of identity is a tricky one. Who are you, exactly? Yourself? The trouble with that is the mental construct of your "self", your thoughts, can be observed by you, so you aren't that. "You" ...

The best things in life are free. And it's a good job, too, in this day and age of evaporating money. You can bet that as the global recession marches onwards, more and more users will ...

Arriving for its regular update, the latest version of Steganos Safe still holds at its heart a desire to keep your data away from prying eyes. It does this by, on installation, immediately offering you the ...

You can make your PC secure in a number of ways, some of which are more effective than others. Gluing green fuzzy felt all over it and mounting a beak in one of the drive bays ...

ZoneAlarm has done a good job of keeping its software at the cutting edge in terms of security, refining and improving the range of featues on offer over the last few years to stay competitive in ...

Norton 360 has done a great job of distinguishing itself from Norton Internet Security as a powerful and feature-packed alternative aimed more at novices, and although the latest version doesn't offer any drastic improvements in terms ...

When it comes to internet security, there's one company that will panda to your needs. And will doubtless never, ever use that pun in a press release. At any rate, Panda's latest net security suite has ...

AutoSave Encrypt is an innovative new way to protect sensitive data from prying eyes and differs from most other installable software-based solutions by preloading all of the technology required to encrypt, burn and securely delete sensitive ...

There's something that got our back up fairly early, albeit temporarily, where PC Tools Antivirus Free was concerned. Granted, just by the product that we're talking about that may sound a little churlish, yet it's another ...

Trend Micro is a long established name in the PC security fraternity, even if it doesn't carry quite as much weight as the Nortons of the world. The company has just released its latest net security ...

Given the regularity with which laptops, USB Flash Drives and other portable media are lost, left lying about or simply stolen, it makes sense to protect the data they're carrying, even if you can't look after ...

Ad-Aware sits up there with products like ZoneAlarm and AVG as one of the first and most effective free ways to bulk up protection on a home PC. It is celebrating ten years in the business ...