Latest Security Features

• 03 May 2012

• Group test: what's the best Android antivirus?

  We round-up and review all of the best Android antivirus apps available on the Market today. Here's the results.

• 09 March 2012

• Features: Is end point security a waste of time?

  The first board member at your organisation to walk through the door with an iPad did the IT team a massive favour. Put bluntly, there was no longer an argument. They had to ease the purse strings on your requests to fund management and security systems to go with your enterprise mobility projects.

• 28 February 2012

• Best Android apps: Five free apps popular right now

  These five free apps are all trending on Android Market right now, but are they worth the download?

• 27 February 2012

• Features: Symantec Norton wins PC Advisor's Best Security Software of 2012 award

  Norton is probably the best known of all internet security products, and Symantec has stood the test of time by constantly improving its product with useful extras, both in its core engine and in the way it reports what it’s been up to.

• 16 February 2012

• Features: PC Advisor's top five tweets of the week - 16th February 2012

  It's been a busy week for Twitter users when it comes to tech stories.

• 09 February 2012

• Features: PC Advisor's top five tweets of the week - 9th February 2012

  There's been plenty happening in the world of tech this week to keep the Twitterverse busy.

• 02 February 2012

• Features: PC Advisor's top five tweets of the week - 2nd February 2012

  Twitter has been buzzing over the past seven days with technology news, from RIM claiming BlackBerry is the UK's best-selling smartphone to Sky's announcement its Sky Go app will be made available for Android devices in February.

• 27 January 2012

• Features: PC Advisor's most commented stories of the week – 27th January 2012

  There's been plenty of tech stories over the past seven days that have got our readers talking.

• 22 December 2011

• Features: 10 predictions for future tech

  Hoverboards, a race of robots that rise up and take over the world, and excellent broadband provision in the UK. These are the ridiculously far-fetched concepts Matt Egan rejected in picking out 10 things we'll see over the next 15 years.

• 21 December 2011

• Features: 10 most important technology changes we've seen

  A lot has changed in the world of technology during the 200 months that PC Advisor has been in existence. We take a look at some of the more significant developments, and what they mean.

• 01 December 2011

• Features: PC Advisors top five tweets of the week - 29th November 2011

  There’s been plenty of tech issues for the Twitterverse to have their say on over the past seven days.

• 30 November 2011

• Features: How to beat 2012's web threats

  Traditional PC viruses are becoming less of an issue. Of the new malware strains Panda Labs found in the third quarter of 2011, 77 percent were Trojan horses, against 12 percent for viruses.

• Features: Protect yourself against mobile malware in 2012

  Recent research by Get Safe Online revealed an 800 percent increase in the number of malware apps aimed at mobiles in just four months.

• Features: Secure your Wi-Fi against 2012's threats

  Scammers target Wi-Fi networks at airports, train stations, pubs and cafés. Anyone logging into such networks must be especially vigilant that they select the correct network

• 22 November 2011

• Features: Best Android apps: Five free Android apps to help protect your privacy

  Smartphones offer access to all sorts of personal information, whether its personal snaps taken on a handsets camera to online banking information, credit card details and even log-ins and passwords.

• 18 November 2011

• Features: Do I need antivirus software for my smartphone?

  There seems to be a buzz in the tech world right now about mobile malware. Everybody is talking about it. But the question is, what is it and what do you need to do to protect yourself against it?

• Features: PC Advisor's most commented stories of the week – 18th November 2011

  There's been plenty of tech news for our readers to voice their opinions on over the past seven days.

• 07 November 2011

• Features: Shop safely online this Christmas

  Last year, 28 percent of UK consumers told the IMRG they would do more of their Christmas shopping online. For most people it’s a slick process, but the clamour to secure a bargain means there are also lots of dodgy websites vying for our attention.

• 03 November 2011

• Features: PC Advisor's top five tweets of the week – 3rd November 2011

  There's been plenty of tech issues for Twitter users to tweet about over the past seven days, from Nokia launching a free Wi-Fi network in London to Ofcom's revelation that 27 percent of the UK can't get access to 3G signal from all of the UK's five major mobile networks

• 02 November 2011

• Features: Best Android apps: Five free data removal tools

  If you're planning on passing on your old Google Android smartphone, either to a friend or family member, or online through an auction site such as eBay or a mobile phone recycling service, it's worth remembering you should completely remove all your data before you hand your mobile phone over.

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