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 ...

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 ...