Monthly Archives: September 2009
Norton Internet Security 2009
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Norton Internet Security 2009 (NIS) has been totally redesigned for better performance. They also now have a “real” uninstall option to remove NIS from your computer, it really does remove everything except the licensing data if you ever want to reinstall. It pairs excellent malware detection and cleanup with a smooth, intuitive interface and a good range of features. Norton enhances its home network monitor, giving you a system administrator’s perspective on the relative health and security of all the computers within your home. There is an antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, intrusion protection, email/messaging scanning, identity safe, and anti-phishing. It has a free expert help via email, live chat, or over the phone with a single click.
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Panda Global Protection 2010 3.0
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Panda Global Protection 2010 3.0 offers a powerful tools to fight against viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all other Internet threats. The anti-spam engine will keep the inbox free from junk mail while the Parental Control feature ensures children can use the Web safely. User can also back up important files (documents, music, photos etc.) to a CD/DVD or online and restore them in case of accidental loss or damage. It prevents loss of important documents either unintentionally, or through hard disk problems or other accidents. Backup and restoration from hard drive, CD, DVD, other external media or online are both extremely simple and easy.
Automatically finds and fixes problems in the PC and keeps the system running smoothly. It optimizes a PC performance by removing unnecessary registry entries, deleting temporary files and speeding up a hard disk. A complete computer protection solution that will enable user to secure there data and keep it safe from external threats.
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F-Secure Antivirus 2010
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F-Secure Antivirus 2010 is simple to use and does a good job of blocking malware, it has a few bugs.
In traditional malware blocking tests, F-Secure Antivirus ranked in sixth place overall. Its 99.8 percent performance at blocking known spyware, worms, and other malware from AV-Test.org’s, but three other programs performed even better. The same goes for F-Secure’s 99.3 percent adware block rate.
Its middling performance continued in heuristic tests, which use two-week-old databases and newer malware samples to simulate how well a program can detect malware that doesn’t yet have a signature. It scored a 66.7 percent detection rate, behind three other application. And it finished its fourth out of four performance in behavioral detection tests, a form of defense that attempts to identify brand-new malware based on how it acts on your PC.
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Bitdefender Antivirus 2009
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BitDefender Antivirus 2009 provides advanced proactive protection against viruses, spyware, phishing attacks and identity theft, without slowing down your PC. Confidently download, share and open files from friends, family, co-workers and even total strangers. It also gives Superior Proactive Protection from Viruses, Spyware, and other e-Threats that wont slow you down. Protects your PC in real-time from known viruses, spyware and other malware with hourly updates. Also blocks unknown viruses using advanced proactive detection techniques.
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ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall 2010
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None antivirus or antispyware product are 100% effective, so ZoneAlarm invented the OS Firewall. The OS Firewall monitors behaves within a computer to spot and stop even the most sophisticated new attacks that bypass traditional anti-virus and security suites. It is an essential antivirus, anti-spyware, and firewall protection for the PC,a browser, and a data. The Advanced Download Protection analyzes browser downloads in three unique ways before they can infect a PC and warns if they are malicious.
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G Data Antivirus 2010
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G DATA AntiVirus 2010 is among the best in malware detection and removal. It had the highest detection rate, identifying on average 99 percent of the 722,372 collected samples of Trojan horses, worms, password-stealer, and other nasties. It identified and removed 100 percent of the files and Registry changes that malware had put in place.The program’s front end is crisply rendered and neatly groups together the various arms of the suite, with one drop-down menu per section to quickly access the main tasks such as running a virus scan.
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F-secure Antivirus 2009
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F-secure Antivirus 2009 includes all the features you would expect in an Internet security suite such as antivirus, antispyware, spam and phishing filter, a firewall and parental controls. With one of the most thorough antivirus engines available,It provides good protection against viruses, spyware and many other security threats. The added benefit of the support and education portion of their website adds to the overall feeling of protection while using this product.
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Kaspersky Antivirus 2009
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus protects computers and aptops from viruses and other malicious programs. With a new super-fast and efficient anti-virus engine, it raises the bar for traditional anti-virus protection from all types of malicious programs. The user can be confident that there computer and confidential information are safe as there work and surf the Internet. Essential Protection Protects from Viruses Trojans and Worms.
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Norton Antivirus 2010
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Norton Antivirus 2010 defends PC against viruses, spyware, bots, worms, and more without slowing you down or getting in your way. Intelligence driven technology identifies and targets only files at risk, for faster, less frequent scans. Vulnerability Protection prevents threats from exploiting security holes in your PC’s software. Pulse Updates every 5 to 15 minutes and real-time online security checks help ensure continuous, up-to-the-minute protection against the latest threats.
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Norman Antivirus and Antispyware
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Norman Antivirus and Antispyware 5.81 is a solid product that suffers from some small quirks that hold it back from being a top 5 product. The scanning features that are included with these are great as far as detection of viruses and spyware are concerned.
Norman Antivirus and Antispyware 5.81 include the basic antivirus and antispyware scanning. Also included are quarantines for both, as well as task scheduling and email protection. The email protection is based on the protocol that is used for gathering and sending email rather than integrating with specific email programs. This allows scanning of email attachments to occur no matter what program you use to handle your email.
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