A re you worried about what your children get up to online? Then a parental control package could help you out... just not this one. Webroot Parental Controls is wrong in several ways, but we’ll start out with the most fundamental problem: it just doesn’t do its job.

If you share your laptop with others, or are simply cautious and don't want to run the risk of anyone seeing the websites you've visited or the applications you've used recently, then Window Washer 6.5 (£30 inc. VAT) is just the tool

If you're the paranoid type, a program like Window Washer will appeal. It's designed to eliminate all traces of your activity, enabling you to wipe your Internet trail, reset program settings or clean free space on your hard drive.

Webroot added Sophos anti-virus to its package in version 5.2 and now the version 5.5 update includes email scanning. You may well think that such a feature should have been included from the start but in some respects this seems to show Webroot's thinking about computer security.

Over the past few years Webroot's Spy Sweeper product has established itself as one of the leaders in the battle to keep PCs free and clear of spyware threats. The product has performed amazingly well when we've looked at it in the past

Until quite recently, protecting against viruses and spyware meant installing at least two different programs, almost certainly from different vendors. While the two-product approach isn't uncommon today, a combined approach is increasingly the norm

Recently, Webroot has become something of a favourite for anyone who takes protecting their laptop seriously. There are bigger names out there that work just as well, but none really offer the simplicity Webroot has become known for

The past few years have seen Webroot firmly entrench itself as a forceto be reckoned with in the anti-spyware business with its flagship SpySweeper software. As most users of the previous release (4.5) will testify...

With reports showing that 80 per cent of PCs have at least one unwanted program lurking somewhere, anti-virus protection alone isn't enough. For complete protection you also need an anti-spyware solution