AVG Technologies Internet security and firewall

The Bottom Line: AVG Anti-Virus 8 is solid at finding and removing viruses and spyware as well as blocking Web threats, but could be lighter on system resources and provide more technical support options.

The Bottom Line: AVG Internet Security 8.0 provides strong protection against malicious Web sites, but its full-system scans sometimes tax system resources and produce false positives.

Specs: Complete package, 1 GHz Intel Pentium, 2 GHz Intel Pentium, 8, 1 GHz Intel Pentium, 2 GHz Intel Pentium

Specs: 1 computer, Subscription package, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (64-bit versions), Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, 1.2 GHz, 8.0, 1.2 GHz, Windows

Specs: 1 user, Complete package, 300 MHz Intel Pentium, 9.0, 300 MHz Intel Pentium