NAV 2004 is still a good choice for first timers, but its minor improvements means NAV 2003 users need not upgrade.
McAfee VirusScan 7.0 is a top-notch virus slayer for first-time users, but unless you use Outlook Express or Eudora, VirusScan 6.0 users won't need to upgrade.
RecoverMyFiles 2.16 is a solid file recovery utility with local roots. Read our Australian review.
If e-mail security is giving you headaches, before you turn to voodoo magic, try one of these hardware appliance solutions.
EasyRecovery Lite offers a wide array of tools to recover from disk disasters, although it's worth splurging extra for the full version.
"Fake" viruses can be just as much trouble as the real thing.
An e-mail announcing a new Trojan horse scanner is itself an Internet worm that could flood e-mail servers with useless mail.
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You can't beat the price. For a good, basic internet security suite, we recommend Trend Micro Internet Security 2009.
Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 provides flexibility when creating desktop and laptop backups. If you have high value data stored on your computer, then we think $106.53 is a reasonable price to ensure it's protected.
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7 continues to outshine its competition with its ease of use combined with thorough antivirus protection.
AVG Internet Security 8.0 provides strong protection against malicious Web sites, but its full-system scans sometimes tax system resources and produce false positives.
McAfee Internet Security 2008 trounces Norton Internet Security 2008, offering a better designed product with more security tools.
While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.
System Mechanic 7 Professional goes beyond its original greatness, morphing a system utility suite into a kind of grand security suite. As such, it comes up short.
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