With so many malicious programmes out there waiting to corrupt your networks and computers, you need protect yourself. We look a few of the more populare anti-virus packages on offer.

MCAFEE

Total Protection for Small Business

Price: £20.00 per user licence

Features:

  • Single management console
  • Scaleable from five to 500+ users
  • Free 30-day trial

Designed to protect your business from viruses, spyware, hacker attacks, and identity thieves. This product uses automated technology and a desktop firewall to provide ‘comprehensive, simplified security’, and remains ‘always-on’ to give protection across desktops and servers.

SYMANTEC

AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.1

Price: £20.00 per user (100-249 users)

Features:

  • Single console access
  • Can be scaled for thousands of users
  • Graphic-based reporting
  • Linux-based client support

The corporate edition provides protection to workstations and servers and can be accessed and operated from a single console, saving the time of moving from machine to machine. The system offers ‘real-time’ protection and reports are made online and illustrated with graphics.

SOPHOS

Security Suite Small Business Edition 

Price: £375 for ten users over one year

Features:

  • Unlimited 24-hour telephone, email and online support
  • Automatically updates with latest protection
  • Central control centre

Offers security for your business against a range of unwanted malware, as well as providing a ‘client fi rewall’. Designed to protect against both known and unknown threats, and offers instant status reports on all the computers in your network.