INTERNET SAFETY - Precautions For Threats To Performance.

The Best Precautions for a threat to security on your personal computer is some sort of security software. Usually these are known as Anti-Virus software, Spyware etc.

I compaired the best Security software on the web through the 2 websites: Google and Wikipedia.
Then i found out the best software in my opinion and decided to show what they have to offer. After that i decided to find out prices eg: if they are free or pay monthly or one payment.
Then i decided to catagorize them from the best to the not so best, these are as follows:

1.AntiVir (Avira Premium Security Suite) is the most user friendly because the menu's are layed in a simple order instead of loads of sub menu's and has everything that you will need to keep your computer safe and well protected, with it's anti-virus, firewall, internet security suite and spam filter. Also it is a free download so if you are looking to get some good Anti-Virus software for free then this is the choice for you.

AntiVir System Requirements:

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (32 and 64-bit editions), Microsoft Windows Vista (32 and 64-bit editions)
Memory: Minimum 192 MB RAM for Windows XP, or 512 MB RAM for Windows Vista
Hard-Drive Space: 40MB + quarantine space (100MB needed temporarily for installation)



2.Avast! (Alwil Professional Edition 4.8.1229) is also very user friendly because the menu's are set out in a tab like style, but it has some draw backs with it, it sends out alot of false positives and has a very very slow scan speed. Also the Proactive speed is fairly slow and the Response time is rather slow aswell. It is not free software to download, although you can download a 60 day free trial. If you were to buy it though it would cost you around £25 per year.

Avast! System Requirements:

For a computer running Windows® 95/98/Me:
486 Processor, 32MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space.

For a computer running Windows® NT® 4.0:
486 Processor, 24MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space and Service Pack 3 (or higher) installed

For a computer running Windows® 2000/XP® Workstation (Not Server):
Pentium class Processor, 64MB RAM (128MB recommended) and 100MB of free hard disk space

For a computer running Windows® XP® 64-bit Edition:
An AMD Athlon64, Opteron or Intel EM64T-enabled Pentium 4 / Xeon processor, 128MB RAM (256MB recommended) and 100MB of free hard disk space

For a computer running Windows® Vista:
Pentium 4 processor, 512MB RAM and 100MB of free hard disk space

The program itself requires about 60MB of hard disk space; the remainder of the recommended space is reserved for the virus recovery database file and its index.



3.The Best choice out of what i have researched was Norton 2009 (Symantec Norton Internet Security 2009 Beta) IT was a clear choice because it is generally a very good package conatining all the essential software eg: firewall, internet security suite, anti-virus and spam filter software.
Considering It isnt the best on user friendlyness because it has way to many tabs and little options that you would not need, It has a very good package because Its scan speed and adware detection are very fast and very efficient. It has been classed as the best Anti-Virus software on the market and I have to say I agree. If you wish to have an excellent Anti-virus software wich only costs for the purchase then this is the one for you costing in the region of only £30.

Norton 2009 System Requirements:

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate**
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 and later Home/Professional/ Media Center Edition
Microsoft® Windows 7 ready***
300 MHz or faster processor
256 MB of RAM (*512 MB RAM required for the Recovery Tool)
200 MB of available hard disk space
Standard Web browser
Email scanning supported for POP3- and SMTP-compatible email clients.
Required for all installations:CD-ROM or DVD drive (if not installing via electronic download)