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Anti-malware
Yes
Anti-spyware View more details.

Protects against software that secretly gathers information about a computer user or organisation.

Yes
Anti-phishing View more details.

Protects against fraudulent attempts to lure users to reveal credit card details, account passwords and personal information by impersonating a trusted financial institution or service.

Yes
Anti-ransomware View more details.

Protects against ransomware – a type of malware that blocks access to your data, promising to release it only after a ransom is paid.

No
Anti-spam View more details.

Protects against unsolicited commercial (junk) email distributed on a large scale and often part of a scam.

No
Parental controls View more details.

A variety of features which allow setting restrictions on content.

No
Flags phishing URLs View more details.

Warns of web addresses that are known or suspected of phishing, which is intended to trick a person into revealing sensitive information or unwittingly provide access for malicious software.


No
Virtualised browsing View more details.

Utilises a virtualised web browser which is isolated from the operating system to prevent access to malware.

No
Checks for OS applications updates View more details.

Does the software automatically check for updates for apps to help avoid security loopholes of older software.

No
Password protection of settings View more details.

Password protection of settings to protect against changes by unauthorised users.

No
Can be downloaded to bootable USB key View more details.

The ability to download a file (in advance or via another computer) that will allow you to create a bootable USB key for the purpose of booting your computer into a recovery environment that can remove harmful software. Used in instances where your computer will not boot properly.

No
Can create bootable USB key View more details.

Facilitates creation of a bootable USB key that can start up the computer to isolate it from malware while allowing complete scanning of the computer and operating system.

No
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