The many features in Bitdefender’s excellent antivirus all carry over to Bitdefender Internet Security. The suite adds firewall protection, spam filtering, parental control, and more. It earns our Editors' Choice badge as a top entry-level security suite.
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A common pattern for security companies is to offer a free antivirus, a paid antivirus, and a beyond-antivirus security suite. Some kick protection up a notch with a feature-laden security mega-suite, or a cross-platform suite. Adaware checks the free and paid antivirus boxes, definitely. The top-tier Adaware Antivirus Total holds the suite position, but barely. It does offer firewall and parental control, which are typical suite components, but the paid antivirus also includes these. The only thing you get by upgrading to Total is a license for Adaware’s PC Cleaner Pro product, which doesn’t add much in terms of security. In addition, the firewall proved vulnerable to attack in our testing, and the parental control system is plain awful. Don’t count on this product for the comprehensive protection security suites ought to deliver.
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An antivirus utility or a full security suite can protect your devices against all kinds of malware attacks, from ransomware that encrypts all your files to phishing pages that try to steal your passwords. However, there s nothing software can do if your computer gets run over by a bus or struck by lightning. In a case like that, backup is the ultimate security. With Webroot SecureAnywhere Internet Security Complete, you get Webroot s award-winning antivirus plus 25GB of hosted online backup. In previous years, your upgrade also bought you a tune-up system for your Macs and Windows boxes, but that component now comes with the standalone antivirus products. In the Webroot pantheon, this product takes the mega-suite position, though it lacks the parental control and spam filtering components found in many competitors.