More approachable than ever, with excellent malware detection in an affordable package

With peerless detection capabilities, this well-conceived package is a joy to use.

Kaspersky's first integrated security suite relies too much on the anti-virus component.

A winner on the strength of its excellent protection, coming first or equal-first in our malware and firewall test.

With peerless detection capabilities, this well-conceived package towers over its rivals.

A powerful and capable suite with some excellent features, although it isn’t the easiest to use, nor the cheapest around.

Solid client security applications, though lack of centralised management puts Kaspersky Small Office Security in a different league.

Our former champion loses its crown but remains a strong contender.

Kapersky Antivirus has been around for some time and often pops up on home computers as the uneducated user’s anti-virus software of choice. Unfortunately, it really isn’t as user friendly a program as it should be for novice users.

Symantec’s latest offering is lighter than ever and an extremely effective security package. And get this, a RAM footprint smaller than Kaspersky

A highly usable all-round security suite, but ultimately a strong runner-up rather than a new champion.

A well-featured package with some unusual tricks that falls just short of a first-rate performance.

A simple package whose two detection engines ensure great malware detection, but it fails to inspire in other areas.

Lighter than ever, but its all-round performance isn’t quite first class.

See why this relatively unknown, but simple, efficient and affordable package holds its own against the likes of AVG, Norton, Kaspersky and McAfee.

A best-of-breed approach to Internet security pays off. This flexible and resource-friendly suite returns to the A-List.

We review the SSG 5, a UTM security appliance from Juniper Networks.

A quantum leap in usability over the previous version, although malware protection could still be better

A capable package, but McAfee Total Protection 2009 is conspicuous and expensive.

The Vista version lacks many of the features of the XP suite, while slowing down the PC noticeably in usage