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Product marks company's entry into market for desktop security products for businesses, but not much is known about it yet.
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F-Secure Anti-Virus is a featherweight virus fighter that lacks the amenities of its better-known competitors.
AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Professional Single Edition is a pretty good, no-frills virus scanner. But you'll need to purchase antispyware software for complete malware protection.
Norton adds worm protection to Norton AntiVirus 2005, but for the price, the company should have added a full firewall instead.
Bargain hunters, ZoneAlarm with Antivirus is the security deal for you.
Sophos Anti-Virus makes no bones about its corporate orientation; you couldn't buy a single-user copy even if you wanted to.
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