Offering value to their customers, most of the reputed companies provide a combined package that includes anti-virus, anti-spam, anti-spyware, firewall and other valuable utilities. PC users who do not want to keep separate products for each of them opt for this combined package. These packages need to be regularly updated and the subscriptions be renewed, if applicable.
Following are some of the popular packages that include anti-virus & anti-spyware:
- Norton Internet Security 2009 (by Symantec Corporation) – Product of a renowned computer security company, it offers protection from viruses, hackers and privacy threats and includes anti-spam & firewall.
- AVG Internet Security (by AVG Technologies) – Secures Windows against all online threats and is provided by the most reputed security company. This includes anti-spam & firewall as well.
- Trend Micro Internet Security 2009 (by Trend Micro Incorporated) – Suitable for home network, it protects your identity and online activity. It also includes anti-spam and firewall.
- avast! 4 Professional Edition (by ALWIL Software a.s.) - is considered as one of the best antivirus protection available.
- Avira Premium Security Suite (by Avira GmbH) – Providing all-around security for the Internet, it also includes firewall and anti-spam.
- BitDefender Internet Security 2009 (by Bitdefender) – Offering security from viruses, spam and hackers, it provides firewall protection and parental control
- CA Internet Security Suite Plus 2009 (by CA) – is believed to provide complete protection against Internet threats. It also includes anti-spam & firewall
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009 (by F-Secure Corporation). Combines anti-virus, anti-spam & firewall.
- Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 (by Kaspersky Lab) – Known for its virus detection rate and fast updates, it includes anti-spam & firewall as well.
- McAfee Internet Security 2009 (by McAfee, Inc.) – Has won accolades for protecting PCs against viruses, identity theft and spyware. It includes anti-spam & firewall as well.
- PC Tools Internet Security (by PC Tools) – Bundles its award-winning security technologies, Spyware DoctorAntiVirus, Firewall Plus , AntiSpyware, and Spam protection in one product.
Free products:
- avast! 4 Home Edition (by ALWIL Software a.s.) – is believed to be the best free antivirus protection for home users.
- AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition (by AVG Technologies) – Can be downloaded free and provides basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows. Suitable to home users it comes with limited features and without any support.
Tune up utilities
- Paragon Hard Disk Manager 2008 Suite (by Paragon Software Group.) – This utility combines defrag, partitioning, backup, cloning, system recovery and system management.
- Acronis True Image Home 2009 (by Acronis Inc.) – It creates backup of your files and the system. Suitable for commercial purposes, it restores your data quickly.
- Alcohol 120% (by Alcohol Software.) – Used for commercial purposes, this utility is used for burning and imaging of CDs and DVDs.
