Webroot Software Internet Security Essentials (WISE)

Webroot Software has a lot of experience in the anti-spyware market, but its a newcomer in the security suite space – and it shows with WISE. While its spyware protection is second to none, it cleans up browsing and system usage traces effectively, and it includes 2GB of online backup with remote restore and file sharing, its firewall component isnt up to the job. Sadly, it failed port-scan tests and exploit tests and presented us with lots of pop-up queries. And considering WISE is supposed to be a complete security suite, there are no anti-spam, privacy protection, parental control, or private data protection tools. We also noticed that WISE slowed our machine’s boot time. There are better suites available.