We rarely see a new security suite that introduces really innovative ways to protect your PC. It's more common to find makers adding unrelated features such as online backup and PC tune-up to make it seem like you're getting more. Looking at Kapersky ...

Heavyweight security, lightweight tool. Innovative protection, efficient performance, and it's easy to use too.

After a period of stagnation led by Microsoft's lacklustre Internet Explorer, web browsers have finally seen some innovation in recent years. Now that even IE7 just about follows the same standards as everybody else, browsers are no longer ...

Definitively the best browser? The best browser for Windows today. We avidly await the competition's response...

There were no issues with installation, although the program didn't offer to scan our PC for viruses first. Some viruses try to prevent anti-virus software installing, so this could be an issue if you're hoping to remove existing viruses

A security service that's tough on spies. A good suite apart from the disappointing lack of heuristic scanning.

As its name suggests, BullGuard Backup is a plain old-fashioned backup program. It doesn't take an image of entire disks or partitions. It just copies files from your PC to a remote location of your choice. This sounds simple enough, and to a large ...

Useless on bulls, fine for making backups. Does everything a basic backup program should, which isn't really a lot.

You may not have heard of the Russian company Agnitum, but they're the authors of one of the most highly respected firewall products. This is their standalone anti-virus package. The program showed no signs of conflict with our existing security suite ...

The Russians are coming! In a good way. Solid and easy to use virus protection with useful features.

PC tune-up utilities are sometimes a waste of money because they replicate tools that are already included with Windows, such asDisk Defragmenter and Disk Cleanup Wizard. Tools like System Mechanic, however, can repair the Windows Registry, the ...

Tune up for a tenner. A genuinely useful performance booster, and great at this price.

F-Secure Internet Security offers a full set of anti-virus, firewall, anti-spam and anti-spyware capabilities. Compared to some better known suites, it uses fewer system resources, and we really noticed this in practice. After installation, our ...

Security without the attention-seeking. Leaner, faster and cheaper than most of its competitors.

This suite provides anti-virus, anti-spyware and anti-spam software as well as a firewall and a backup program. We were impressed when, within seconds of being installed, it told us a suspicious program was trying to access the Internet. Impressed, ...

Partial protection isn't really enough. Comprehensive, but a bit flakey and not completely reliable.