I still remember the old days, when most computers are offline and as long as we don't use unknown installation disks, we are safe! Today is different; everyone is online, connected with friends, work, entertainment, pretty much everything! How do we live without the Internet? Internet Security has grown to a must have tool for every computer! And the figure is still going up...
Security tools includes Anti Virus, Anti Spyware, Firewall, Privacy Protection...Windows XP comes with build in Firewall since Service Pack 2, although functionality is limited, but still provides good protection as long as you are not infected. If you are somehow infected, Windows XP firewall will be disabled automatically! And you are vulnerable to everything! Hacker junior, virus, spyware, worm, trojan... Absolutely anything can easily harm you.
If you think for a moment that I am just scaring you, then you are just one of the victims who is spreading the Virus, Spyware, and Worm when connected to the Internet! You can try to disable your Anti Virus for just 30 minutes, re-enable it and you will find tons of warning across the computer! Especially if you are using a laptop and travels around the world, 3rd countries' internet security awareness is low; you will not be surprise if you get some warning from your firewall for every 5 minutes!
I have tried many Internet Security Software, and the most impressed me is Bitdefender! The fast scanning speed, the low resources consumption and almost seamlessly affecting my Internet connection performance! Another great product you should try is Kaspersky, I like its' interface simplicity and flexible, but the speed and resources will be slightly slower than Bitdefender, but is still consider good if compare to others.
When selecting an Internet Security System, speed and resources will always comes first, features second! Many Internet Security vendors forget about this and added tons of fancy feature and kill the software practicality! Any software that requires being on all the time should be resources less and not more!
Yet another important criterion is Scan effectiveness! And most nowadays Anti Virus does it, only on super tight test we can find the difference. If happens so that a new breed of virus is so smart and spread so fast, then only most effective way to counter it is:
Restore your computer! Always remember to backup and backup and backup your system and data, get backup software to schedule your computer backup daily!
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