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Editors' Top Rated Security and Utilities

The CNET.com.au Editors' Choice Award is a hallmark of exceptional product performance, design, quality, and value, and signifies a product that is considered best of breed in its category.

Sunbelt CounterSpy 2.0

Sunbelt CounterSpy 2.0   Editors’ Choice

In its first appearance, CounterSpy was the only antispyware product that correctly identified every piece of spyware in our current active-detection test.

15/01/2008 10:46 AM

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7   Editors’ Choice

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7 continues to outshine its competition with its ease of use combined with thorough antivirus protection.

12/09/2007 10:40 AM

Norton 360

Norton 360   Editors’ Choice

For home and student use, we think Norton 360 represents the best value for ease of use, tools offered, and overall system performance.

27/02/2007 11:42 AM

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6   Editors’ Choice

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6 is light and fast and consistently wins detection awards against the competition; it's worthy of our Editors' Choice designation.

04/10/2006 03:59 PM

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 6.5

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 6.5   Editors’ Choice

In the boldest security-software move we've seen, ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 6.5 has partnered with an identity management solutions provider to provide both offline and online identity-theft protection, making this suite well worth the price.

06/06/2006 01:01 PM

ZoneAlarm Internet Security 6.0

ZoneAlarm Internet Security 6.0   Editors’ Choice

ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton and McAfee to shame with its easy-to-use triple-layer firewall, antivirus, antispam and now antispyware features.

25/07/2005 05:12 PM

ZoneAlarm Internet Security 5.5

ZoneAlarm Internet Security 5.5   Editors’ Choice

ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton Internet Security and McAfee Internet Security to shame with its easy-to-use features.

28/01/2005 02:04 PM

ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5

ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5   Editors’ Choice

ZoneAlarm Pro 5.5 is the best software firewall available to PC users today.

22/11/2004 12:43 PM

MailFrontier Desktop

MailFrontier Desktop   Editors’ Choice

Of the antispam apps we've seen, MailFrontier Desktop is the best at doing exactly what it's supposed to do: block spam.

03/11/2004 04:37 PM

Trend Micro PcCillin Internet Security 2005

Trend Micro PcCillin Internet Security 2005   Editors’ Choice

Trend Micro's PC-cillin Internet Security is an excellent all-in-one antivirus/firewall solution that won't break the bank.

01/11/2004 12:49 PM

Steganos Internet Security 7.0

Steganos Internet Security 7.0   Editors’ Choice

Steganos Security Suite is the best data encryption suite available, able to encrypt both e-mail and entire hard drive partitions.

01/11/2004 11:01 AM

Defrag Manager 3.0

Defrag Manager 3.0   Editors’ Choice

Want to defragment every Windows NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003 computer on your network automatically from a single installation on your machine? Check out this cost-effective and scaleable solution.

01/10/2004 03:16 PM

ZoneAlarm Security Suite

ZoneAlarm Security Suite   Editors’ Choice

ZoneAlarm Security Suite puts Norton Internet Security and McAfee Internet Security to shame with its easy-to-use features.

26/07/2004 08:55 AM

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      You can't beat the price. For a good, basic internet security suite, we recommend Trend Micro Internet Security 2009.

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      Norton Internet Security 2009 hits all the right security notes and its superior protection technologies might even win back some jaded anti-Symantec folks, though the lack of adequate technical support may continue to frustrate.

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      This spyware scanner and removal tool does the job, but enabling some functions may cause slight slowdowns and it has a few bugs in Vista.

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      ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2009

      ZoneAlarm Internet Security 2009 provides top-notch security protection that is light on system resources, allowing you to work unencumbered.

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      This year's update to user favourite Ad-Aware is quite a significant overhaul, and the result is faster scan times and a new interface.

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