Some of the add-ons with higher-tiered Avira offerings include a firewall, password manager, external drive scanning, and unlimited VPN. Each package features a sleek interface that’s easy to navigate, but there are some usability issues depending on the version. Plans and pricing Each of the four Avira’s antivirus products builds…
With Norton 360, you get its Secure VPN and dark web monitoring. This package protects a maximum of three devices and starts at $39.99 for the first year for one device, after which it increases to $94.99, depending on the package. Norton 360 Deluxe protects up to five different devices…
IsoBuster is an unusually powerful data recovery tool that can rescue files from just about any optical disc. The program works with all CD, DVD, Blu-ray and even HD DVD formats. In a couple of clicks it can be scanning your disc for lost data. And a deep understanding of…
In 2004, ZoneAlarm, which was developed by Zone Labs, was acquired by Check Point Software Technologies, a major software and combined hardware provider for network, endpoint, mobile, cloud, and data security, as well as security management. Over the years, ZoneAlarm has changed and adapted its offering (as well as its…
Downloading and installing the free version took under five minutes (including the download of the antivirus engine), and we did not notice RAM usage spikes during this process. The initial scan was relatively quick, but the upsell tactics used made the entire experience feel like a marketing ploy. We understand…
Duplicati is a powerful free backup tool which can save your target files to Amazon S3, Windows Live SkyDrive, Google Docs, Rackspace Cloud Files, WebDAV and FTP servers, as well as local and network drives. The program comes packed with backup options. You’re able to specify common backup sources with…
BootIt Bare Metal is a comprehensive hard drive manager which can create and resize partitions, control the boot process (including by editing the Windows BCD file), and create and restore compressed backups of your partitions. The program should run just about anywhere, as it’s compatible with all versions of Windows…
The company’s baseline product is Anti-Malware Home, a capable offering that utilizes two engines (Bitdefender’s and Emsisoft’s own) to detect and fend off viruses, ransomware, ‘potentially unwanted programs,’ and more. In terms of pricing, the package is available in a free version (for non-commercial use), which gets you on-demand scanning,…
Video editing tools can be both complicated and expensive, but Icecream Video Editor manages to avoid being either. It has a simple, accessible interfaces that, while it resemble the basic look of other similar software, remain approachable and intuitive. The process of creating a project is simple enough. You can…
Any Video Converter Free is a straightforward transcoding tool that will quickly convert just about any video into the format you need. The program can read all main formats: avi, asf, mov, rm, rmvb, flv, mkv, mpg, 3gp, m4v, vob, and many more. And it can output movies in all…