All-in-One Security Suites: Tried and Tested Traverse City MI

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

Peak Positions
(231) 995-9945
3562 Westridge Ct
Traverse City, MI
Zero Hour Gaming
(231) 933-6001
3603 Marketplace Cir
Traverse City, MI
Traverseweb.Com Web Hosting & Web Site Design
(231) 929-7978
3104 Logan Valley Rd
Traverse City, MI
Michigan Public Phone Company
(231) 946-7407
982 Polaris Cresent Dr
Traverse City, MI
America's Access
(231) 946-7407
982 Polaris Cresent Dr
Traverse City, MI
Voyager.Net Ico MacKinaw Dial-Up
(231) 436-7460
556 E Central Ave
MacKinaw City, MI
Magic -Net
(269) 432-4410
106 E State St
Colon, MI
G Networks
(616) 451-8869
6095 28th St SE
Grand Rapids, MI
Localnet Corp
(906) 932-2539
Ironwood, MI

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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