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Article: Hot New Products - Panda Platinum 2006 Internet Security. Not the best-known internet security suite but deserves credit for its simplicity.(Product/Service Evaluation)
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- Computer Act!ve
- Article date:
- January 19, 2006
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Byline: Simon Williams.
What are the main capabilities you expect from internet security software? It needs to catch and disinfect files containing viruses, including new viruses not yet catered for in program updates. It should spot spyware reporting on your activities to nefarious internet sites.
It must prevent your PC being hijacked by hackers and should cut down or eliminate junk e-mail, without rejecting legitimate messages. And these things should be done without causing unnecessary disruption and false alarms.
The new version of Panda's Platinum Internet Security does pretty well in all these areas. As soon as we'd installed it, it ...