(Jan 28, 2009)
Robert Vamosi
Senior Editor
Top-ranked antivirus apps will keep viruses, worms and Trojan horses away from your PC, while firewalls will keep malicious users from accessing your PC without your knowledge. Don't have time to consider individual antivirus and firewall apps? There are also security suites that have antivirus and firewall protection built-in.
Panda Internet Security 2009
Panda Internet Security 2009 is vastly improved in speed and effectiveness over last year, but could use a little more work on specific features and technical support.
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Review date: Dec 9, 2008
Very good
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Avira AntiVir Personal 8
AntiVir Personal 8 provides more than adequate malicious-software protection, but for the price, we expected more features and polish.
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Review date: Dec 2, 2008
Very good
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Trend Micro Internet Security 2009
You can't beat the price. For a good, basic Internet Security suite, we recommend Trend Micro Internet Security 2009.
Price: $14.95 - $59.99 (check prices)
Review date: Sep 25, 2008
Very good
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Norton AntiVirus 2009
Norton AntiVirus 2009 hits all the right security notes, and its superior protection technologies might even win back some jaded anti-Symantec folks, though for some, technical support may continue to frustrate.
Price: $13.95 - $37.49 (check prices)
Review date: Oct 10, 2008
Excellent
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 provides adequate protection, but the program itself could use some work in telling the user what's going on.
Price: $17.95 - $66.99 (check prices)
Review date: Aug 6, 2008
Very good
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