For 'most comprehensive' I would recommend either Kaspersky Internet Security or Norton 360. These are the highest ranked suites in many security software tests, and those are their highest packages that includes the most features.
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Credible_Chris wrote:Just choose one security suite. Some people make the mistake of thinking more is better, when in fact having multiple scanning programs will cause them to conflict with each other.
Just a thought.
This is priceless advice if they're the same type of security. But if you have an anti-virus program, you will also want an anti-spyware program, and may want other software to do data backups and regular maintenance. Microsoft Security Essentials is mainly an anti-virus, so anyone who uses it should also have an anti-spyware program. Some features left out of it as well are a backup utility or a tweaking utility, such as those included with the Norton 360. That's what I meant by 'comprehensive'.
mtrump wrote:"Microsoft Security Essentials is mainly an anti-virus, so anyone who uses it should also have an anti-spyware program."
That's not correct. Microsoft Security Essentials has anti-spyware function as well. In fact, upon installing MSE, Microsoft Defender will be disabled. If you then look at the Security Center, you will notice MSE will function both as anti-virus and anti-spyware.
All anti-virus programs function like this(with the exception of turning off Windows Defender). However, anti-spyware programs focus on malware that does not exhibit virus-like behaviour, and by doing so will be much more effective than MSE or any other anti-virus that does not have a separate anti-spyware component. MSE has similar anti-spyware capabilities compared to Norton anti-virus or Kaspersky anti-virus, but not as good as the Internet Security packages from the same companies.
The other piece that's important to know is that having multiple anti-spyware programs does not cause issues.
