Internet security suite sometimes makes ordinary home computer users confused. Is it anti-virus or anti-malware? Or is it stronger than both? The second question is a good guess. Simply speaking, the Internet security suite should include the usual features of anti-virus and anti-malware. Namely, the Internet security suite has the capability of anti-virus. Besides, it offers more to protect from the risk of the Internet. The usual Internet security features are like firewall, phishing detection, email protection, blocking key logger, etc.

If you installed antivirus products at the business level, in most cases, you have been protected by Internet security already. The business or enterprise versions of antivirus products usually integrate full information protection technology; they should cover all security requirements and functionalities. So for business level products, anti-virus, anti-malware, and Internet security suite are overlapped in the market. Their stresses may be different, but the core is similar.

If you are a home user, use or not use the Internet security suite may be a question. The point is running features of Internet security will cost much more resources, such as CPU and memory usage, than pure anti-virus products. If your computer is older, the overall running of the whole system may slow down, apparently. Usability and performance, which are apparent disadvantages of Internet security suite, are the main reasons to block many home users to install an Internet security suite.

Unless you have lots of financial transactions or extensively use banking online, you don't need to consider an Internet security suite. Of course, in this case, you need to ensure your computer strong enough. Otherwise, for most personal purposes, an antivirus will work fine for you.

Some popular products are in the following list.

Producer	Name	Country
AhnLab	V3 Internet Security	Korea
AVG Technologies	AVG Internet Security	Czech
Comodo Group	Comodo Internet Security Premium	USA
HAURI	ViRobot Internet Security	Korea
K7 Computing	K7 Internet Security	India
Kaspersky Lab	Kaspersky Internet Security	Russia
Msecure Data Labs	MSecure Internet Security	USA
Panda Security	Panda Internet Security	Spain
Qihoo	Qihoo 360 Internet Security	China
ThreatTrack Security	VIPRE Internet Security	USA
TotalDefense	Internet Security Suite Plus	USA
Trend Micro	Internet Security	USA