Avast Internet Security 6 review

A solid choice for keeping you safe, Avast Internet Security 6 (£29.99 for one PC for a year) is easy to use, and in general it will protect your PC quite capably. Avast’s suite blocked 96.2% of malware in our real-world tests, which help determine how well security products can…

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Webroot SecureAnywhere Essentials 2012 review

Webroot’s SecureAnywhere Essentials 2012 (£39.395 for one year, three PCs at the time of writing) offering shows lots of promise. SecureAnywhere represents a complete overhaul of Webroot’s product line, with a brand-new interface and new internals to go along with it. The package is fast, and it’s good at catching…

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O&O AutoBackup review

OO AutoBackup (free in January 2012;  £29 with a 30-day free trial starting in February 2012) is a generally easy-to-use backup program with one feature especially handy for frequent users of external drives. It will back up any data you choose, automatically, without user intervention, when you insert a removable…

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Sophos Endpoint Anti-Virus 10 review

Sophos Endpoint Anti-Virus 10 can be used as protection for a single Windows PC or laptop and comprises antivirus software and a firewall. Extra modules, such as web security, mobile protection and data encryption can be added optionally. It’s available primarily through download and is quick and painless to install….

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Week in review: things other than CES happened

Top German cop uses spyware on daughter, gets hacked in retaliation: What happens when you install a trojan on your daughter’s computer to keep track of her online activities? If you’re a certain German security official, nothing good. Intel’s dream of x86 CPUs inside smartphones closer to reality: Intel finally…

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