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Best 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.
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Personal Firewalls
(for more
reviews, see our Firewall
page)
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Proactive Security Challenge,
Matousec, June 29, 2009 -- Comodo, Tall Emu Online Armor,
and Outpost Security Suite Pro 2009 are rated excellent.
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Firewalls,
Consumer Search, May 2009, best firewall is Online Armor,
best free firewall is Comodo Internet Security, best security suite
with firewall is Outpost Security Suite Pro 2009.
Wireless Routers
(for more
reviews, see our
Wireless
page)
- How to
Buy a Wi-Fi Router, Mario Morejon, PC Magazine, May 26, 2009
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Wireless Router Reviews,
Consumer Search, updated May 2009, best rated is D-Link
DIR-655, best value is Trendnet TEW-631BRP, and best basic is
Linksys WRT54G2.
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Apple, Belkin, Trendnet Make Most Reliable Routers, Jeff
Bertolucci, PC World, January 6, 2009
Anti-Spyware
(for more reviews,
see our
Anti-Spyware
page)
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Anti-Spyware Reviews,
Consumer Search, March 2009, best
software is PC Tools Spyware Doctor 6.0, best budget software is
Sunbelt CounterSpy, security suite with best spyware protection is
Norton Internet Security 2009, best free removal tool is Lavasoft
Ad-Aware, and the best free real-time blocker is MS Windows
Defender.
Security Suites
(for more
reviews, see our Security Suites page)
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The
Best Security Suites for 2010 [not really, these are the first
ones out], Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine,
August 24, 2009 -- BitDefender, eScan, K7, Kaspersky & Panda
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Internet security suites, Nathan Taylor, Netguide, August 19, 2009 --
AVG, BitDefender, CA, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton, Trend
Micro, ZoneAlarm, ESET & Bullguard
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Securing the Desktop: Eight Internet Security Suites, Robert
Vamosi, PC World, May 28, 2009 -- AVG Internet
Security 8.5, BitDefender Internet Security 2009,CheckPoint
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2009, Comodo Internet Security Pro 3.8,
G-Data Internet Security 2009 [editor's choice], Panda Internet
Security 2009, PC Tools Internet Security 2009, and Symantec Norton
Internet Security 2009.
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Group test: what's the best security software?
PC Advisor UK,
March 21, 2009 -- Avira, BidDefender, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee,
Panda & Symantec
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Internet Security Software Reviews,
Consumer Search, March 2009, best is Norton Internet Security
2009 and best budget is Panda Internet Security 2009.
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Top Internet Security Suites: Paying for Protection, Erik
Larkin, PC World, January 22, 2009 -- Norton, BitDefender, Panda,
McAfee, Avira, Kaspersky, F-Secure, Webroot & Trend Micro
Anti-Virus
(for more reviews, see
our
Anti-Virus page)
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Can You Trust Free Antivirus Software? Erik Larkin, PC
World, August 24, 2009 -- Avira AntiVir Personal, Alwil
Avast Antivirus Home Edition, AVG 8.5 Free, MS Security Essentials,
PC Tools Antivirus Free Edition, Comodo Internet Security plus Panda
Cloud Antivirus, PC Tools Threatfire, and ClamWin Free Antivirus.
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Antivirus Software Reviews,
Consumersearch.com, March 2009, best antivirus is ESET NOD32
Antivirus, best free product is AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition, and
best suite with antivirus is Norton Internet Security 2009 [also
most popular].
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Antivirus Software Roundup -- Protect Your PC From Guys Like This!
Paul Lilly, Maximum PC, December 22, 2008. Note:
Actually reviews of Internet security suites [including antivirus] from Antivir, Avast! AVG
free & paid, ESET, F-Protect, Kaspersky, McAfee, PC Tools &
Symantec.
Spam Stoppers
(for more reviews,
see our Spam Stoppers page)
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Anti-spam smackdown finds best junk filter, John Leyden, The
Register UK, September 3, 2009
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Virus Bulletin names top spam blockers, Shaun Nichols,
v3, July
3, 2009
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Spam Filter Reviews,
Consumer Search, May 2009, the best web-based spam-filtering
service is ClearMyMail, best anti-spam software is Cloudmark
Desktop, and the best free spam blocker is BullGuard Spamfilter.
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3 Free Anti-Spam Programs Reviewed, Joel Durham Jr.,
extremetech,
March 4, 2009 -- SpamBayes, Mailwasher & SPAMfighter
Parental Controls & Content Filters
(for more reviews, see our
Kid Safe
page)
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How to
Buy Parental-Control Software, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, May
14,
2009
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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.
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Parental Control Software Reviews,
Consumer Search, January 2008.
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