PC Tools Internet Security

Internet Security is PC Tools’ all-in-one security suite, combining most of the top products from their range into a comprehensive protection package.

At the heart of internet security is Spyware Doctor, and it operates in much the same way. Downloads take a while, and then it scans the PC before identifying threats.

Browser defender installs automatically for Internet Explorer, though Firefox users must install this. It marks results in Google and Yahoo with yellow, green and red icons.

The phishing protection does catches a lot of phishing URLs, but for it is recommended that you still use your web browsers anti phishing filter. In terms of protecting your privacy online that’s it. There’s no parental controls and no private data protection, and while the former can be done through Windows, the latter seems like bit of an omission.

It includes a strong firewall which will hide all your PC’s ports.

Spam filter is thorough, although downloading a high volume of email is slow because the filter evaluates across several different criteria including a list of known spam servers, internal lists, message content etc. As most users however won’t be receiving more than a dozen emails an hour this slowdown might not be noticeable.

Internet Security is another capable and cost effective product from PC Tools that will safeguard your PC.