With so many computers in the home, office, and public places, the number of people accessing the internet has grown at an astounding rate. Unfortunately, this has resulted in more criminal behavior such as an increased risk of Worms, Viruses, Malaware, Trojans, Hackers, and people trying to steal other users’ personal and financial information. Fortunately, companies have responded to these security threats by creating software to protect users while they are connected to the internet.
Norton 360 version 3.0 Premier Edition: The “360” in the name of this product indicates the packages all-around protection, with software that contains such technologies as Antivirus, Botnet Protection, Norton Safe Web, Network Protection, Automated Backup & Restore, Norton(TM) Insight, Antispyware, Norton(TM) Identity Safe, Firewall Protection, PC Tuneup, Norton(TM) Browser Protection, and Norton(TM) Pulse Updates. The tune-up service is great for automatically protecting your system.
McAfee Internet Security 2009: While installation and support may be a bit challenging, this program improves on its predecessor in terms of being lightweight and robust. McAfee contains Antivirus and Antispyware Protection, Web Site Safety Ratings, Antiphishing, Shredder, Identity Protection, Parental Controls, and Data Backup.
Panda Internet Security 2010: Useful features are quickly being added to Panda with improvements year over year. Panda protects users from viruses, spyware, rootkits, hackers, online fraud, identity theft and all other Internet threats. There is also an Antispam engine, Personal firewall, back up data, and parental controls.
Webroot® Internet Security Essentials: Webroot includes Antispyware protection, Antivirus, Antihacker, Antidata Theft, automatic backup, privacy protection, email monitoring, global early response network, and protects up to 3 PCs.
Security Shield 2009: Security Shield includes Antiphishing, Antivirus & Antispyware, Firewall & Rootkit Detection, Parental Control, Spam Protection, Privacy Protection, and Family Network Protection.
Trend Micro Internet Security Pro 2009: Trend includes Antivirus, Antispyware, Antispam, Firewall, Identity Theft Protection, Web Site Authentication, Advanced Wireless Protection, PC Performance and Tune-ups, and 3 for 1 protection.
BitDefender Total Security 2009: BitDefender provides protection against viruses, spyware, hackers, spam and other e-threats. It also protects against new virus outbreaks and blocks attempted identity theft. It also has Instant Messaging encryption.
ZoneAlarm Internet Security: Includes Firewall, Antivirus, Antispyware, Other Security/Features, Firewall, specific tools for preventing identity, and Help/Support.
AVG Internet Security: AVG provides a Firewall, Antivirus, Antispyware, and Email support.
CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2009: CA includes Antivirus, Antispyware, Personal Firewall, Antispam, Antiphishing, Parental Controls, and CA Backup and Migration.
Kaspersky Internet Security: Kaspersky is an all-in-one tool that will help you keep your computer safe while surfing the internet. It provides features such as a virus scanner, firewall, popup blocker, email scanner, the ability to protect your computer registry, and a rootkit scanner.
Your home and office computers contain a huge amount of information about you and your loved ones. This can include tax returns, financial records, bank and credit card account numbers, family photos, and much more. You would not want any this important information to be captured by online criminals or get destroyed if your computer is infected with a virus. Anyone who uses a computer and logs on to the internet is vulnerable to attack. High quality Internet security software is critical for a computer and it is the first application that you should install on a computer. In order to protect your identity and personal and financial information, it is essential to have good security software installed.
