Many companies already released their Internet security suits for 2010. For example, Panda Internet Security 2010, CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2010, Norton Internet Security Suite 2010, ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010, K7 Total Security 10.0, F-Secure Internet Security Suite 2010 and more. After comparing a bunch of them, I chose three that seem to provide the best solution to home users that wish to protect themselves against Internet threats.
Kaspersky Internet Security 2010
Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 suite provides home users everything they need in order to protect themselves online. It is not changed much from the last version; it is not bad since it is still a great product that provides many features.
It includes all of the features of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010, an effective firewall, a “safe run” sandbox environment that allows the user to surf safely without worrying about browsers’ vulnerabilities, spam filtering, anti-spyware feature, anti-phishing feature, privacy protection and parental controls.
It is easy to install, the anti-virus features are impressive and effective, the same goes for the firewall. All the rest are fine, but not brilliant. The parental controls are OK, but not impressive. The privacy protection, anti-malware, anti-phishing and anti-spam features could be more effective. In addition, it seems like it slows performance.
Current price – $59.95 – 1 year – 1 license.
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010
ZoneAlarm was originally free firewall software that was developed by Zone Labs, which was acquired in March 2004 by Check Point. The newest release is ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010.
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 combines the company’s full-scale security suite with the virtualization-based protection of ZoneAlarm ForceField.
ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010 has impressive features, including full-disk encryption, two-way firewall, advanced download protection, anti-spam feature, anti-phishing protection, credit monitoring and identity theft recovery with daily credit report monitoring, parental controls, virtual browsing that allows users to surf with full protection against malicious software, secure online backup, PC tune-up that cleans and organizes your PC for better performance and private browsing.
It is a great product that provides good and effective protection against different types of Internet threats and cyber criminals, but it does have a few flaws, which are not critical, but worth mentioning. The first disadvantage is its installation, it is far from being friendly. A second flaw is that the product seems to occasionally slow performance. A third flaw I have noticed is that the anti-malware feature is not so efficient.
Current Price – $49.95 -1 year – 3 licenses.
Norton Internet Security 2010
Symantec new release, Norton Internet security 2010, is currently the best Internet security suite I have tested. This new release offers improved security features, good performance and easy installation.
It includes an effective anti-virus, a good malware-removal feature, a great firewall, the most effective anti-spam component I have encountered, anti-phishing feature, anti-spyware feature, identity protection and complete parental control feature (=OnlineFamily.Norton), which is web based so it can work from any computer that has Internet connection.
In all important factors: anti-virus, privacy protection – anti-phishing, firewall, anti-spyware, anti-spam, parental control and performance it got a high score in my book.
Current price – $69.99 – 1 year – 3 licenses.
Bottom line
All three products are great products that will effectively protect home users and their PCs from Internet threats and web criminals.
My favorite is Norton Internet security 2010, which in my opinion, is more effective, efficient and easy to use than the others.
A good deal could be ZoneAlarm Extreme Security 2010, which currently provides an excellent protection for the lowest price.
Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 is left behind in comparison to these two, although it is also an excellent product.
