i did a little google-ing and these are my findings, hopefully it will help you chose the best security suit for YOUR needs. i give a brief description for several best security suits, and explain why you would chose each one over all others. it should be noted that there is NO individual winner.
Norton is the best anti phishing security suit out there, but its not the absolute best for anything else, though it does have a "decent" static detection score overall.*If you hardly ever get infections from flash sticks or CDs and browsing the web is the only way you could get infections then TRY Norton internet security or 360...Norton clearly excels in anti phishing protection and has done so for a long time, it leaves all competition far behind in this regard but it does not perform too great in malicious file detection but easily makes up for it with its sonar feature (detects mulware by watching out for any suspicious app behaviour) yes, it really works and works better than the top detection rate of any product, bitdefender and kaspersky will miss a few pre existing executables but nortons sonar found all, but mulware would have to run on the computer for a bit of time to be detected, could be a risk depending on what you are doing.
if the mulware did not come through the web then many of its layers of protection will not be active. It wont do too good if infections come through disks/flash sticks or if the mulware was resident before you installed Norton. thanks to its top malicious Url detection rate, its a very good choice if you do a lot of online banking.*Ref:*http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424558,00.asp
"My malware blocking test relies in part on a product's ability to recognize static malware samples; just the kind of test Norton doesn't like. I do launch all the samples that aren't killed on sight, but to exercise the full range of Norton protection I'd have to start from the beginning by downloading and launching each sample, and that's not a test I can repeat on demand. Norton's Web-based detection blocked every current sample whose URL is still valid, which is a good sign Overall"*
Next we have Bitdefender total security...Its a solid choice but its a clear winner if you only need something with THE BEST detection rates and excellent everything else. overall it scores the highest with independent testing labs such as avtest.org and av-comparatives. Its easy to use and auto pilot basically does everything, so its unlikely that you will be prompted to select an option, oh and did i mention it scores the overall highest for protection and won a tone of awards by independent security labs...
Then we have Kaspersky internet security, your best choice for online banking. its the second best overall security suit, scoring only slightly less than Bitdefender in general (meaning it has excellent scores for everything, just slightly behind Bitdefender), but it did score 1-2% better than bitdefender in av-comparatives phishing test. what makes this security suit stand out is a feature called kaspersky safe money.Safe money:-Checks that you are trying to access a genuine banking or payment system page, compares a page address with its updatable database of bank and payment system websites (the database is composed by Kaspersky Lab specialists)-Checks the certificate that is used to establish the secure connection and prevents access to a fake web page.-Checks the installed operating system for vulnerabilities critical for online banking.-Offers to open a website in the Safe Money mode to protect your personal data from loss."So, does Safe money really work? In testing, it definitely offered a secure browsing session for all the financial sites I tried. I disabled protection temporarily to install a commercial keylogger. I set it to capture the screen periodically, then ran through a series of tests. I typed text in Google, then typed into a password field for a non-financial site. I opened a secure site and entered data there. Then I checked to see what the keylogger captured. When I typed the password, I got a popup confirmation of secure keyboard—that was nice! The notification showed up for both username and password within the secure browser session, and for the secret question too. Looking at the keylogger's log, I clearly saw that it caught my Google entry and the usernames from the non-financial pages (but not the passwords). It didn't capture any keystrokes at all from the secure session. However, despite Kaspersky's efforts, the keylogger did capture screenshots of the secure session. The only time it came up blank was when the virtual keyboard was on-screen, so I'd recommend activating the virtual keyboard even if you plan to type your password. As promised, the keylogger logged my Internet activity from non-secure browsing sessions, but not from the secure session. When I used the clipboard to copy/paste a password in the secure session, though, the keylogger snagged it. Safe Money definitely offers layers of protection for your online transactions, but you still need to be a bit careful. Don't copy sensitive data via the clipboard, and always bring up the virtual keyboard to make sure a keylogger can't screen-capture your online activities." Ref: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409129,00.asp
If online banking security is your top priority, try Kaspersky internet security. It also has an excellent overall protection score too.*There are many excellent security suits out there but these three stand out.
Norton is the best anti phishing security suit out there, but its not the absolute best for anything else, though it does have a "decent" static detection score overall.*If you hardly ever get infections from flash sticks or CDs and browsing the web is the only way you could get infections then TRY Norton internet security or 360...Norton clearly excels in anti phishing protection and has done so for a long time, it leaves all competition far behind in this regard but it does not perform too great in malicious file detection but easily makes up for it with its sonar feature (detects mulware by watching out for any suspicious app behaviour) yes, it really works and works better than the top detection rate of any product, bitdefender and kaspersky will miss a few pre existing executables but nortons sonar found all, but mulware would have to run on the computer for a bit of time to be detected, could be a risk depending on what you are doing.
if the mulware did not come through the web then many of its layers of protection will not be active. It wont do too good if infections come through disks/flash sticks or if the mulware was resident before you installed Norton. thanks to its top malicious Url detection rate, its a very good choice if you do a lot of online banking.*Ref:*http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2424558,00.asp
"My malware blocking test relies in part on a product's ability to recognize static malware samples; just the kind of test Norton doesn't like. I do launch all the samples that aren't killed on sight, but to exercise the full range of Norton protection I'd have to start from the beginning by downloading and launching each sample, and that's not a test I can repeat on demand. Norton's Web-based detection blocked every current sample whose URL is still valid, which is a good sign Overall"*
Next we have Bitdefender total security...Its a solid choice but its a clear winner if you only need something with THE BEST detection rates and excellent everything else. overall it scores the highest with independent testing labs such as avtest.org and av-comparatives. Its easy to use and auto pilot basically does everything, so its unlikely that you will be prompted to select an option, oh and did i mention it scores the overall highest for protection and won a tone of awards by independent security labs...
Then we have Kaspersky internet security, your best choice for online banking. its the second best overall security suit, scoring only slightly less than Bitdefender in general (meaning it has excellent scores for everything, just slightly behind Bitdefender), but it did score 1-2% better than bitdefender in av-comparatives phishing test. what makes this security suit stand out is a feature called kaspersky safe money.Safe money:-Checks that you are trying to access a genuine banking or payment system page, compares a page address with its updatable database of bank and payment system websites (the database is composed by Kaspersky Lab specialists)-Checks the certificate that is used to establish the secure connection and prevents access to a fake web page.-Checks the installed operating system for vulnerabilities critical for online banking.-Offers to open a website in the Safe Money mode to protect your personal data from loss."So, does Safe money really work? In testing, it definitely offered a secure browsing session for all the financial sites I tried. I disabled protection temporarily to install a commercial keylogger. I set it to capture the screen periodically, then ran through a series of tests. I typed text in Google, then typed into a password field for a non-financial site. I opened a secure site and entered data there. Then I checked to see what the keylogger captured. When I typed the password, I got a popup confirmation of secure keyboard—that was nice! The notification showed up for both username and password within the secure browser session, and for the secret question too. Looking at the keylogger's log, I clearly saw that it caught my Google entry and the usernames from the non-financial pages (but not the passwords). It didn't capture any keystrokes at all from the secure session. However, despite Kaspersky's efforts, the keylogger did capture screenshots of the secure session. The only time it came up blank was when the virtual keyboard was on-screen, so I'd recommend activating the virtual keyboard even if you plan to type your password. As promised, the keylogger logged my Internet activity from non-secure browsing sessions, but not from the secure session. When I used the clipboard to copy/paste a password in the secure session, though, the keylogger snagged it. Safe Money definitely offers layers of protection for your online transactions, but you still need to be a bit careful. Don't copy sensitive data via the clipboard, and always bring up the virtual keyboard to make sure a keylogger can't screen-capture your online activities." Ref: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409129,00.asp
If online banking security is your top priority, try Kaspersky internet security. It also has an excellent overall protection score too.*There are many excellent security suits out there but these three stand out.
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