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The risks of going "Free"

The highest risk you have for the private data on your computer, and the investment you’ve made in hardware and software, is from outside attacks via the internet. Some home users are confused by the complexity and costs of security programs and decide to use free antivirus, anti-spyware and applications available on the Internet. While freeware and shareware are wonderful ways to add applications to your computer, security is critical in today’s interconnected world and, too often, “Free” ends up meaning “No upfront costs, high back-end costs.”

Computer users with “free” security must integrate multiple applications which don’t provide full protection for all modern threats. Even when the applications don’t conflict, you have multiple interfaces, update methods and other maintenance complexities. Also, providers of free software, no matter how skilled and diligent, can’t respond to new threats as fast as a company dedicated to 24x7 security.

The result is risk: Personal information being stolen, your computers being hijacked for malicious use and your computer crashed will cost much more than you “save” from free security software.
However, many users of free products are worried about paying for PC security software, knowing they won’t eliminate many of the complexities of the free products.

That’s needed is a single, low-cost source of integrated security for your computers and network. Until now, that’s been too complex and too expensive for most home and SOHO uses. That’s changed.

True Security is Affordable

Now your home or SOHO can have enterprise level protection at an affordable price — without having to be a network engineer. A new class of security companies have created smaller, less-expensive devices that provide security for home networks. The new solutions are full-fledged computers running Linux and providing a real solution to the problems inherent in PC security software.

All-in-One Solution

There’s no need to have multiple software packages and the integration difficulties that can cause. In addition, you don’t have to install and maintain the same software on all of your home computers. A single device provides complete protection for all computers.

Hassle Free

There’s no installation necessary on any home computer. All you need to do is connect a small device between your modem and router and you’re done. There’s no configuration needed, the security device is immediately working. Updates are accessed automatically from the network, without affecting computer performance.

No Access, No Risk

Attacks are stopped before they get to your computers, avoiding any chance of the attackers finding a hole in the operating system or having someone open a malicious email by mistake.

Faster Computers, Faster Network

A great side effect of moving security out of the PC is faster application performance. Security takes work, as anyone who’s seen response times slow while email is checked or when trying to use the Internet. By allowing your computers to focus on helping you, while leaving security to a device optimized for security uses, both your applications and the network are faster.