Despite all the attention being paid to unified threat management systems, secure gateways and mail security, desktop security remains one of the most critical applications for today's PCs. Despite ...

If a recent uptick in cybersecurity threats inspired you to tighten your defenses, power to you. Granted, an intention is only half the battle. The trickiest part of the process is settling on which ...

McAfee’s Thursday announced its new consumer-focused Internet Security Suite 2006, with protections against spyware and phishing scams, is now available. The product, including virus and identity ...

When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years since that ...

AVG Internet Security for Mac is a solid, competent security suite, and definitely worth Considering — but its uneven web protection and anti-spam/anti-phishing features make it a tougher sell over ...

Security software suites -- including popular programs from McAfee, Symantec, and Trend Micro -- don't protect users from real-world exploits, Secunia warns Security software suites don’t protect ...

A one-year subscription to Blink Personal Edition With Antivirus can be downloaded free of charge for a limited time. “ [Consumers] don’t want to buy an additional application for every new threat, ...

The just-released beta of Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2010 is more notable for what's under the hood than what you actually see. However, if you're planning to try it out, you'd better not do ...