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Best security software: some suites now offer superb one-stop protection.(Product/service evaluation)

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The days of installing a hodgepodge of stand-alone programs to protect your computer from online threats might be ending. More tools to zap spam, viruses, and other threats are being built into operating systems, e-mail programs, and other major applications.

Software programs are increasingly also sold in security suites. Those typically package together programs to fight malware--viruses, spyware, and spam--that are also sold a la carte. (For that reason, in our Ratings of stand-alone programs, many products are followed by the name of the suite to which they belong, listed in parentheses.) Suites also add extra features such as phishing detection, child ...

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