Best Internet Security Product Reviews

2007-06-27T07:58:00.000-07:00

These are the best reviews of personal firewall, anti-virus, anti-spyware, spam stoppers, and hardware router Internet security products 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, December 2006, a summary of 26 reviews of 29 products
Software Labs: Personal Firewalls, Computer Shopper, PC PRO UK, June 2006 -- Sunbelt, Norton, F-Secure, Kaspersky, Steganos, Agnitum, BlackICE, Zonealarm, PC-cillin, McAfee, Bullguard & Panda
Safety First: 5 Firewalls For Your Desktop PC, Serdar Yegulalp, Information Week, August 16, 2006 -- McAfee, Microsoft, Norton, Trend Micro & ZoneAlarm

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

Wireless Routers: The Truth About Superfast Draft-N, Becky Waring & Elliott Kirschling, PC World, August 25, 2006 -- Asus, Belkin, Buffalo, Linksys & Netgear
Wireless Beats Wired! Oliver Kaven, PC Magazine, March 14, 2006 -- Linksys SRX400 and Netgear RangeMax 240
Finding MIMO, Amanda Kooser, Entrepreneur Magazine, March 2006
Wireless Router Reviews, Consumer Search, February 2006, a summary of 18 reviews of 37 products

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

Anti-Spyware Reviews, Consumer Search, December 2006, comprehensive summary of 27 reviews for 45 products
Spyware Specialists, Narasu Rebbapragada, PC World, August 25, 2006 -- Spy Sweeper, Spyware Doctor, CounterSpy, Ad-Aware & Spybot Search & Destroy
Expose those prying eyes, Patrick Marshall, FCW, May 8, 2006 -- Acronis Privacy Expert Suite, Lavasoft Ad-Aware, PC Tools’ Spyware Doctor & Windows Defender

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

Internet Security Software Reviews, Consumer Search, November 2006, summary of 22 reviews of 15 products
Security Suite Smackdown, Part 1, Sean Carroll, PC Magazine, October 17, 2006
All-in-One Security [ten suites], Narasu Rebbapragada, PC World, May 25, 2006 -- Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006, McAfee Internet Security Suite 2006, Panada Platnimum 2006 Internet Security, F-Secure Internet Security 2006, Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2006, Zone Labs ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, Microsoft Windows Live OneCare, CA eTrust Internet Security Suite 2006, BitDefender 9 Internet Security, and Aluria Security Center. Note: These are the most comprehensive comparative tests for security suites that we have ever seen, go to the Top Security Suites chart, select a product and click on "test" for details.

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

Antivirus Software Reviews, Consumersearch.com, November 2006, comprehensive summary of 24 reviews of 48 products
Looking for the Right Antivirus, Part V | Best Antivirus of 2006! and Special Edition [important follow-up notes], Scot Finnie, Scot's Newsletter, August 2006
The New Virus Fighters, Tony Bradley, PC World, January 25, 2006 -- BitDefender 9 Standard, McAfee VirusScan 2006, Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal 5.0, F-Secure Anti-Virus 2006, Symantec Norton 2006, Panda Titanium 2006 Antivirus + Antispyware, AntiVir Personal Edition Classic 6.32 (free), Alwil Software Avast Home Edition 4.6 (free), Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2006, and Grisoft AVG Free Edition 7.1

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

Spam Filter Reviews, Consumer Search, December 2006, a summary of 28 reviews of 37 products

Parental Controls & Content Filters (for more reviews, see our Privacy Software page)

Buying Guide: Parental Controls, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, July 11, 2006 -- PC Moderator, Safe Eyes 2006, Content Watch, ContentProtect 2.0, iShield & Chaperone Professional 5.0
Parental Control Software Reviews, Consumer Search, March 2006, a summary of 15 reviews of 15 products

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