All-in-One Security Suites: Tried and Tested Tifton GA

We check out eight products, from the popular to the relatively unknown. They can't protect you from everything, but some come close.


1 . Local Companies

Citynet
(229) 382-3003
114 Kent Rd
Tifton, GA
Global Naps
(229) 386-9837
422 Central Ave N
Tifton, GA
Bluewave Inc
(678) 904-9780
Atlanta, GA
Internet Commerce Corporation
(770) 321-6561
2100 Roswell Rd
Marietta, GA
Localnet Corp
(229) 242-6600
Valdosta, GA
I 2 Focus
(770) 993-4242
425 E Crossville Rd
Roswell, GA
Thomasville City of
(229) 227-7001
Thomasville, GA
Den the Inc
(404) 292-7746
334 N Clarendon Ave
Scottdale, GA
Global Naps
(404) 222-0871
1003 Donnelly Ave SW
Atlanta, GA
Zeewee
(678) 904-3513
75 5th St NE
Atlanta, GA

2 . Introduction

Today's security suites have a difficult job. Every other day seems to bring a new threat that targets Windows PCs. Spam is going through the roof, as are phishing and other unsavory Web sites. To find out which security suites can best handle the onslaught, we put eight of them through some tough tests under the 32-bit version of Windows Vista.

German security company AV-Test.org tested the antivirus, antispyware, and firewall components of each suite to determine how well the software catches both known malware and new malware (detected either through heuristics--recognition of the new malware's similarity to already-known bad code--or on the basis of its behavior alone). Due to the sophistication of the latest malware, none of the suites did well in the behavioral tests, but several of them did provide excellent protection against a smorgesbord of other baddies. Plus, most suites protect up to three PCs for the purchase price.

BitDefender Internet Security 2008 did the best job at stopping malware, but its interface needs work. Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2008 performed well, too, offering an array of useful features in a polished, easy-to-use package; that combination earned it our Best Buy award. These two suites plus Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0, McAfee Internet Security Suite, and Trend Micro Internet Security 2008 were our top five performers, each of which we review here. All five packages include antiphishing, data-privacy, parental control, and IM traffic protection.


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