Stories by Ian Paul

VPNCity review: The basics at a good price

VPNCity won't wow you with performance or features, but the price is excellent and it supports a large number of simultaneous connections.

Avira Prime review: Value, value, value

Avira Prime, the company's top-level security and PC maintenance suite, offers a lot of value for the money, and the protection is good too.

Norton 360 Deluxe review: A rare feature-filled security product for Mac

Norton 360 Deluxe is a popular security suite, with a lot of extra features for Mac users.

Malwarebytes Privacy review: The foundation is there, the performance is not

Malwarebytes Privacy is off to a good start, but its speeds just aren't up to snuff in our experience.

AzireVPN review: A small service with solid performance

AzireVPN is a very basic service with a focus on privacy at the right price.

Privacy.com review: Burner debit cards made easy

Privacy.com is an excellent service that makes it easy to safely shop online with temporary debit cards.

Sophos Home Premium review: Go remote and save money

Sophos Home Premium brings enterprise-style remote management to your home network at a surprising price.

Avast Premium Security for Mac review: Excellent, but should you buy?

Avast is an excellent antivirus suite, but with the free option offering so much is the premium version worth the cost?

Windscribe for Mac review: A great VPN at a great price

Windscribe for Mac is simple to use and offers pretty much everything you need at a very low price.

ExpressVPN review: Speedy, reliable service, but why the exotic locale?

ExpressVPN offers excellent, speedy service, but it's not cheap.

TotalAV Antivirus Pro review: A lot of promise and value with weak spots

TotalAV Antivirus Pro is a surprise with the amount of tools available in a base level suite. But third-party tests, while limited, show some areas of concern.

Total Defense Essential Anti-Virus review: Good but basic security

Total Defense Essential Anti-Virus offers well-tested protection at a good price, but we're not convinced it beats the free options.

NordVPN review: Incredible service with a transparency problem

NordVPN has it all: excellent performance, a solid number of features, and it suits novices and power users alike. Still, we need more transparency from the company.

OVPN 2020 review: An excellent VPN with a focus on privacy

Sweden-based OVPN is an excellent choice for speed and privacy. Plus it supports Netflix.

The best free antivirus for 2020: Keep your PC safe without spending a dime

Many of the best mainstream antivirus vendors offer a free version of their security suites. Here are our top five choices for free AV for PCs.