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Number of Reviews collected

in Internet & Network

25

Total

6981

Source country

GB

United Kingdom

Language: English

Source rating scale

1
10

Average source rating

79

Highest rating

90

Lowest rating

60

Internet & Network

Norton AntiVirus 2009

Will keep your PC healthy?

Excellent level of protection, easy to use, speedy scans and reduced impact on system performance

Very expensive

If money is no object this is the AV solution to have, but many users might find more value from all-in-one security suites on offer from rivals

December, 2008

Rating

70

alaSCORE 90

120 reviews

Webroot Internet Security Essentials: Windows

Your name's not down...

Decent array of features including backup and cleanup, effective threat detection and removal, detailed control over components

Ineffective firewall, lacks some key protection

Webroot needs to sort out its firewall before it can really expect to compete in this market, despite the fact that the rest of the suite performs pretty well

December, 2008

Rating

60

no alaScore

5 reviews

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 - PC

By Stephen Patrick

Will this keep you virus free?

Simple to use, low resource needs

Deeper settings are awkward to use

This is a powerful package that won't sap your resources. We found it worked well and the asking price is more than reasonable

August, 2008

Rating

80

alaSCORE 88

81 reviews

Kaspersky Internet Security 2009

Will this keep you safe from harm?

Better security features, easy to use, low resource needs

No real difference between this and similar tools

This is a low-impact security suite that is easy to set up and makes a simple job of protecting your PC

July, 2008

Rating

80

alaSCORE 100

514 reviews

Firefox 3

Firefox 3 First Look

By Chris Hall

Stick with the old or switch to the new?

Free, RSS flexibility, help for IE converts, faster than previous Firefox versions, adaptable

Release Candidate, not all plugins working, doesn't seem much faster than IE7, Windows users need to add extras for Windows Update and file management

For existing Firefox users, this is an easy upgrade, but you might want to wait till all your plugins work. For IE users, Firefox is worth running for a week before making a decision

May, 2008

No rating

alaSCORE 94

284 reviews

AVG Internet Security 8.0

AVG Internet Security 8 - PC

By Stephen Patrick

Will this keep your PC safe online?

Easy to use, solid AV tools

Slow to scan

The improvements all make sense and the new interface is slick but it's not the fastest scanning software on the market

May, 2008

Rating

70

alaSCORE 86

71 reviews

McAfee Total Protection 2008 (PC)

Will this keep you safe?

Improved protection, faster, you won't find any annoying pop-ups getting in the way of your enjoyment

Interface isn't as simplified as Norton 360

A vast improvement over previous versions, this is a faster, leaner package that should give Norton 360 a run for its money

January, 2008

Rating

80

no alaScore

1 reviews

Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.5

Will this package keep your PC safe?

Now includes anti-virus, child protection tools

Old looking interface

There are plenty of new additions and it works through scans quickly, it's just that the interface looks a little dated

August, 2007

Rating

80

alaSCORE 85

36 reviews

Norton Ghost 12.0

Symantec Norton Ghost 12 - PC

By Stephen Patrick

- It's the same old story, ask anyone, most of us forget to backup or make copies of our important files and folders until we've been burnt and had a system failure. Norton Ghost allows you to make regular backups not only of your files and folders ...

Easy to use, automatic backups

Quite expensive

It's not the cheapest backup tool out there but we were impressed with the new features and how easy was to use

August, 2007

No rating

alaSCORE 79

16 reviews

Yoggie Pico

- The Yoggie Pico Pro is a USB thumb drive with no space for you to store stuff on. But don't panic, it does come with 15 security applications pre-installed, and it does throw in a Linux OS, and it does pack a 520MHz PXA270 Intel processor on board, ...

Attractive and effective security in a tiny hardware package

Restricted to Yoggie partner security software

Want a Linux computer and 15 pre-installed security applications on a USB thumb drive? You got it

July, 2007

Rating

80

alaSCORE 74

7 reviews

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