Articles Index
Bitdefender Sphere
Bitdefender Sphere solves a modern day problem faced by today's home user: how to cost effectively protect a wide range of disparate devices against malware and other online threats.
Avira Internet Security 2012
Avira Internet Security 2012 provides solid protection against malware and holistic protection against all forms of Internet threats.
Bitdefender Internet Security Suite
Bitdefender Internet Security 2012 offers some important new features that emphasize usability and social networking safety.
PC Tools iAntiVirus for Mac
PC Tools iAntiVirus offers solid Mac antivirus free for home use. iAntiVirus guards against Mac only malware - a focus that helps keep performance costs and system impact low but may not be the best choice in a mixed Mac/Windows environment.
Little Snitch for Mac
Little Snitch for Mac is a permission-based firewall that lets you monitor outbound Internet connections and set the policy you desire on a case-by-case basis.
VirusBarrier Express: Mac Antivirus Review
VirusBarrier Express from Intego is a free on-demand Mac antivirus. VirusBarrier Express scans for Mac malware only, so it's most suited for Mac only users. The lack of realtime on-access protection could be a plus or minus, depending on your needs.
Intego VirusBarrier Plus: Mac Antivirus Review
Intego VirusBarrier Plus is a full-featured on-demand antivirus scanner that detects Mac, Windows and Linux malware. Available in English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish language versions. VirusBarrier Plus retails at $9.99 and provides free signature updates and free online tech support.
VirusBarrier X6: Mac Antivirus Review
Intego VirusBarrier X6 provides realtime signature-based and behavior-based scanning for Mac malware and on-demand scanning for Windows-based malware. This not only keeps your Mac computer virus-free, it also guards against your inadvertently passing malware on to your Windows friends.
Avira AntiVir Premium
Avira AntiVir Premium provides a full complement of features, including specialized Web and email protection, anti-rootkit technology, and anti-phishing. Avira AntiVir Premium also provides a feature to easily make a bootable rescue CD, which can come in very handy during times of system trouble.
NOD32 Antivirus
At $40 (USD) for a single one-year's license, ESET's NOD32 Antivirus is one of the priciest antivirus scanners on the market.
Avast Free Antivirus
Avast Free Antivirus offers a robust feature-set in a revamped interface that makes using the product a breeze. New features include wake-on-scan, heuristic engine and code emulator, integrity checking, behavior analysis, and a gaming mode for uninterrupted play.
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition
Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac Home Edition offers business-grade protection free for home use. And the protection literally is business-grade - the free version is based on the same Mac virus scanner Sophos uses in their Endpoint Security line.
Norton Internet Security 2011
Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2011 is a feature-packed umbrella of protection for your PC. In addition to antivirus, antispyware, antiphishing, and a firewall, Norton Internet Security Suite 2011 also provides file reputation analysis (including the Web address of any downloaded files), spam filtering, identity theft protection, and parental controls.
Panda Antivirus - Review of Panda Cloud Antivirus
Panda takes free antivirus to a whole new level with Panda Cloud Antivirus. The only free cloud-based scanner, Panda antivirus software takes all the processing off your PC, giving you a lighter, faster, and more proactive antivirus protection. For a very low price, you can get extended USB protection and 24/7 tech support with Panda Cloud Antivirus Pro.
Returnil Virtual System 2010 Home Lux
Returnil clones your installed operating system and runs that clone in virtual memory. When you shutdown the virtual machine, there's no trace left of your Web surfing and any malware that got onto the system will disappear when you reboot the PC.
Sandboxie
The Sandboxie tagline "Trust no program" is an apt description for how Sandboxie approaches security. Sandboxie creates a virtual environment for selected programs, allowing the program to run normally but in an isolated space. When you've finished with the program and close it, any changes made will be lost (unless specifically instructed otherwise).
McAfee VirusScan for Mac
McAfee VirusScan for Mac (formerly known as Virex) can be used as a standalone virus scanner for Mac or integrated with McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) for enterprise management.
Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection for Mac
Norton AntiVirus Dual Protection for Mac is designed for Mac users who routinely dual boot into Windows or run Windows in a virtual environmenton their Intel-based Mac.
Norton Antivirus 11.0 for Mac
Norton Antivirus 11.0 for Mac supports Mac OS X version 10.4.10 or higher. At approximately $50USD for a single user license, Norton Antivirus 11.0 for Mac is neither the cheapest nor the most expensive antivirus software for Mac users.
Intego VirusBarrier X5: Mac Antivirus Software Review
VirusBarrier provides realtime signature-based and behavior-based scanning and guards against both Mac-specific and Windows-based malware.
ClamXav -- Free Mac Antivirus Software
ClamXav is based on the open source ClamAV virus scanner. Popular among open source fans, in practice ClamAV lags behind the detection capabilities of commercial antivirus software.
MacScan Antispyware for Macs
MacScan from SecureMac is designed to guard against spyware-related threats targeting Mac users. While its scope is limited, such focused protection isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Norton Internet Security 2009
Symantec's antivirus products have historically always provided excellent detection and removal of malware. On the downside, that protection came at the price of often crippling system performance. Norton Internet Security 2009 changes all that.
Antivirus Software Review: F-Secure Internet Security 2009
F-Secure Internet Security 2009 includes all the features you would expect in an Internet security suite: antivirus, antispyware, spam and phishing filter, a firewall and parental controls. F-Secure Internet Security 2009 then goes one better. Find out more in this F-Secure Internet Security 2009 antivirus software review.
SmitFraudFix Removes Zlob and Other Pests
SmitFraudFix is a free antivirus tool that removes the Zlob downloader trojan and the rogue scanner software that Zlob typically installs.