Everybody with a bit of knowledge about computers and security has heard about Norton. They have great brand recognition and, over the years they have built some great security products. Therefore I was curious to learn if Norton Internet Security 2013 lives up to its name and high expectations. I took it for a test drive and boy... was I surprised by what I learned.

What is this feature: InPrivate, Private Browsing, Incognito or Private Tab? What does it do for you and how safe does it keep you? Today we will have a look at what these privacy modes have to offer, in the five most used browsers: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari.

Kaspersky products have always received high praise in our reviews and are appreciated by many of our readers. Now that they have launched their 2013 edition of products, I was curious to learn what is new. Therefore, I took Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 for a spin and this is what I have found out.

As promised, we are resuming our Security for Everyone series. I would like to start by reviewing Bitdefender Internet Security 2013, which packs some interesting novelties this year. Are they any good? Is Bitdefender still providing one of the best security suites on the market? I’ll try to answer these questions and more, in this lengthy review.

Yesterday, BitDefender organized a formal launch event for their 2013 lineup of security solutions, in Bucharest, Romania. We decided to accept their invitation and learn more about the novelties bundled with their newest products. They revealed some interesting new features and we decided to resume our Security for Everyone series and have BitDefender Internet Security 2013 as our first guest.

One of our most successful series of articles is Security for Everyone. In this series we review security suites and inform our readers whether they are good at securing your system, friendly to use, easy on your system’s resources, etc. Even though our reviews are pretty long and complete, they can be further improved. That’s why we would like to receive your feedback: what would you like us to change for the 2012-2013 series?

We continue our series of improvements to the Security for Everyone series with an update on how we centralize the results of our testing. From now on we will have a list with the best Internet Security suites reviewed each year. Let’s start with the best suites of 2011-2012.

Some of our readers asked us to test the most popular free antivirus scanners found online. Since such scanners are useful in providing a good second opinion, without having to install a fully-featured security product, I thought it is worthwhile to evaluate such products. I finally found a full day for testing the 10 most popular online security scanners. It took quite a bit of work but I have some exciting results to share. Don’t hesitate to read this article and learn about the best free online antivirus scanner.

Last week we asked our readers How to make safe banking & financial transactions online and we promised to come back with a detailed article filled with useful security recommendations. Today I would like to share the most important tips & best practices for making safe financial transactions on the Internet, indifferent of the device you are using.

I have never used VIPRE security products until this review. I decided to review it only because some of our readers asked us and I was very curious to learn more about them. Is GFI VIPRE Internet Security 2012 worth using by casual users and geeks alike? Does it provide effective protection? You will find the answers to these questions plus all my findings in this review.

BullGuard chose to license protection technologies from other security companies, improve upon them and create their own security suite. The result is BullGuard Internet Security 12 which brings together the antivirus engine from BitDefender and the firewall from Agnitum. But is this enough to transform it into a great product, that works well for all users? Let’s find out in this review.

We haven’t reviewed Avira products for quite a long time and I was very curious to learn more about their latest versions. They always provided some of the best antivirus solutions, able to successfully compete with products from larger companies in this niche. Therefore, I downloaded Avira Internet Security 2012 and took it for a test drive. Read this review to learn more about its effectiveness in securing your system.