Web Security

Get your PC running faster – and safer – with this performance optimization and privacy software.

REVIEW Covenant Eyes works on up to ten devices and offers SafeSearch and Accountability reports.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been discontinued. This company has now been acquired by Avast.

Tracks Eraser Pro is privacy software that cleans your computer of internet activity records, erases the tracks of popular applications, and permanently erases files and registry entries. You can also use it to free up space on your computer and potentially improve your PC’s performance.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it is no longer available.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been replaced by another product.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it is no longer available.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it is no longer available.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been replaced by another product.

Editor’s Note: This product has been removed from our side-by-side comparison because it has been discontinued. You can still read our original review below, but Top Ten Reviews is no longer updating this product’s information.

ESET Smart Security Premium found 99 percent of the Windows malware we used during our in-house tests, though it struggled in our Mac tests, only blocking 71 percent of those threats.

ESET Internet Security and ESET Smart Security Premium are both good products that scored very high in our own tests and in other independent labs’ malware protection tests.

Editor’s Note: Since our last update, new features and tools have been added to Sophos’ antivirus and internet security programs.

In our tests of Intego Virus Barrier, the antivirus program in this Mac internet security bundle, it detected 97 percent of the malware samples we attempted to infect our Mac computer with. It easily identified Trojans, spyware and worms and ensures they don’t embed themselves on your system.

ESET Cyber Security Pro didn’t do as well in our in-house detection tests as it did in other independent laboratories.

File Encryption XP is barebones encryption software that is fast, but it complicates the encryption process a bit with some extra steps compared to other programs.

CryptoForge version 5.2.1 has the strongest and most secure encryption algorithm out there, 256-bit key AES, making it a secure file encryption solution. This software is simple to use, though it does lack in security tools.

Advanced Encryption Package Pro (AEP) offers the strongest encryption key available.

Kruptos 2 Professional data encryption software lets you choose to secure all your files with a single, master password, or create individual keys for each file. We encrypted 63 files that totaled 128MB in under 30 seconds.