7. Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection
£495/US$630/AU$640 - 10 PCs, 2 years
There are many ways to deploy Webroot SecureAnywhere Business - download, email, MSI, command line, GPO - but the tiny client (a mere 725KB) means whatever you choose, it'll probably be installed quickly. This automatically launches a first scan - also over in just a few minutes - but after that it mostly just runs in the background. The default settings don't even enable the user to access its interface, although that can be changed.
A good feature set starts with the basics, including antivirus and a firewall. You get capable browsing protection, too, and bonus tools include a sandbox, process monitor, even a simple system cleanup module. And, conveniently, Webroot says the program will run happily alongside other security tools, which is potentially very useful if you'd like to extend your security a little further.
All this is controlled from a web-based management console. This is marginally more complex than some of the competition, but it's worth persevering with, and it only took a few minutes' thought for us to figure out the basics. Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection still feels a little expensive to us. It's scored reasonably well in independent testing, though, and if you can use all of its features, and need the extreme configurability offered by Webroot's management console, then it's worth a closer look.
Score: 4/5
8. F-Secure Client Protection
Price varies
Getting started with F-Secure Client Protection isn't as straightforward as with some of the competition. There's no stand-alone installation, for instance. We had to set up a Policy Manager server first, then push an install to our test system: nothing too difficult, but it wasn't exactly intuitive, either.
Once you've figured out the basics, though, the product becomes much more impressive. F-Secure Client Protection provides a lot of features - antivirus, firewall, browsing protection and more - and each of these can be centrally configured in enormous detail via Policy Manager (although you can also set them locally, if you prefer).
The client is a little more bulky and complex than some of the competition. This doesn't really matter, though, since once it's set up you'll barely need to look at it again. And most importantly, independent tests show it's extremely effective, with a recent AV-Test report giving it full marks for protection. If you're willing to put in the effort to set it up, F-Secure Client Protection has plenty to offer.
Score: 4/5
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