Best Internet Security Product Reviews

These are the best reviews of personal firewall, wireless routers, anti-spyware, internet security suites, anti-virus, spam stoppers, and parental controls / content filters that we have been able to find online. For current prices of top products, visit our Security Shop.

Personal Firewalls (for more reviews, see our Firewall page)

• Firewalls, Consumer Search, January 2008, a summary of 27 reviews of 29 products -- Comodo Firewall Pro 3.0, Online Armor Personal Firewall v2, and Outpost Firewall Pro 6.0.
• Leak-tests winners, new tests and the future, Matousec, November 2, 2007 -- Online Armor Personal Firewall Free and Outpost Firewall Pro 2008 passed all tests.

Wireless Routers (for more reviews, see our Wireless page)

• Wireless Router Reviews, Consumer Search, updated June 2008, a summary of 26 reviews of 37 products -- D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router, TRENDnet TEW-631BRP 300Mbps Wireless N-Draft Router, Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster.
• Review: 6 New 802.11n Wi-Fi Routers -- Is It Time To Switch From 802.11g? Don Reisinger, Information Week, October 2, 2007
• It's now safe to splurge on faster Wi-Fi equipment, Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle, May 15, 2007 -- Netgear RangeMax Nex Wireless-N Router & Apple AirPort Extreme Wireless Base Station

Anti-Spyware (for more reviews, see our Anti-Spyware page)

• Nine Ways to Wipe Out Spyware, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, February 5, 2008 -- Ad-Aware 2007 Pro, CounterSpy V2, GarbageClean 3.0, Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 5.5 [editor's choice], Spyware Terminator 2.0, STOPZilla 5.0, SUPERAntiSpyware, SpyEraser 2, Webroot Antivirus with AntiSpyware and Firewall.
• Anti-Spyware Reviews, Consumer Search, January 2008, comprehensive summary of 17 reviews for 45 products -- Webroot Software Spy Sweeper...
• Die, Spyware Die! and Best Vista Antispyware [chart], Ryan Naraine, PC World, August 21, 2007 -- PC Tools Spyware Doctor, Grisoft AVG Anti-Spyware, Webroot SpySweeper, Microsoft Windows Defender, Safer Networking Spybot Search & Destroy & Lavasoft Ad-Aware 2007 Plus

Security Suites (for more reviews, see our Security Suites page)

• Internet Security Software Reviews, Consumer Search, January 2008, summary of 24 reviews of 35 products -- BitDefender, Norton & Panda
• Security Suites 2008, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, December 12, 2007: See comparison chart on first page -- BitDefender, BullGuard, CA, ESET, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton (2), Outpost, Panda, Trend Micro, MS Live OneCare & ZoneAlarm.
• All-in-One Security Suites: Tried and Tested, Erik Larkin, PC World, November 29, 2007 -- Norton, Kaspersky, McAfee, BitDefender, Trend Micro, CA, Avira & ZoneAlarm
• Review: Five Security Suites That You May Not Know About, Serdar Yegulalp, Information Week, November 7, 2007 -- Dr. Web Antivirus, ESET Smart Security, MS Live OneCare, Trustport Workstation & ZoneAlarm Security Suite

Anti-Virus (for more reviews, see our Anti-Virus page)

• Antivirus Software Reviews, Consumer Search, January 2008, comprehensive summary of 30 reviews of 28 products -- Kaspersky, ESET NOD32, AVG Free, Panda & Norton
• Untangle Weaves Controversial Web With AV Test, Brian Prince, eWeek, August 13, 2007
• Virus Stoppers, Ryan Naraine, PC World, April 23, 2007 -- Alwil's Avast 4 Antivirus Professional Edition, BitDefender's Antivirus 10, Eset's NOD32, Grisoft's AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus Professional Edition, Kaspersky's Anti-Virus 6, Panda's Antivirus 2007, Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 2007, and Trend Micro's AntiVirus plus AntiSpyware 2007.
• Labs: Anti-virus software, Simon Edwards, Computer Shopper UK, February 2007 -- F-Secure, Kaspersky, Steganos, Bullguard, Eset, Grisoft, McAfee, Panda, Softwin, Symantec, Alwil & Trend Micro

Spam Stoppers (for more reviews, see our Spam Stoppers page)

• Spam Filter Reviews, Consumer Search, January 2008, a summary of 33 reviews of 37 products -- MailWasher Pro, OnlyMyEmail, Cloudmark Desktop, CA Anti-Spam Plus CA Website Inspector 2008 & POPFile.

Parental Controls & Content Filters (for more reviews, see our Kid Safe page)

• 12 Tools to Keep Kids Safe Online, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, March 4, 2008 -- Bsafe Online, iShield 2.0, iShield Plus 2.0, Kidswatch Parental Computer Control, Net Nanny 5.6 (editor's choice), NoodleNet, PC Pandora, Safe Chat Universal Messenger with Parental Controls, Safe Eyes 5.0 (editor's choice), Sentry At Home, SnoopStick & Webroot Parental Controls.
• Parental Control Software Reviews, Consumer Search, February 2008, a summary of 25 reviews of 15 products.