Once Shaw Secure is installed there’s no need for more big downloads in the future, and no expiry date to worry about. Our Simplified installation now features fewer setup screens and a single key code for use on up to five systems.
Shaw Secure’s award-winning software is always on, checking to update your virus defense every hour automatically. That’s four times more often than Norton and McAfee™. Shaw Secure is valued at $60, and is enabled by F-Secure, a world-class full security solution.
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- Firewall: Stops viruses, trojans and worms from entering your computer system
- Anti-virus: Works inside your computer to detect and expel viruses
- Spyware protection: Protects your computer from invasive spyware software that could monitor your online behavior
- Automatic updates: Independently updates your existing Shaw Secure software without interrupting your online experience
- Identity Theft Protection: All of the Shaw Secure features help prevent the occurrence of online identity theft
- Spam protection: Identifies unwanted, unsolicited email and gives you the option of completely blocking it from your computzer
- Parental controls: Provides parental control over what’s viewed on the family computer. With three available settings: Adult, Teen, and Children.
- Time Lock: Internet usage controls that allow you to limit time online for specific weekends and/or weekday timeframes, or on a set number of hours per week.
- Performance Profile: Allows fast control of the performance profile of Shaw Secure, allowing a quick switch to max performance if needed.
- Live Side Grade: Automatically checks to see if there are conflicting security programs on your PC when installing.
Compare Shaw Secure
Shaw Secure's software is provided by F-Secure, a global leader in Internet security.
| Features | ![]() |
Norton Internet Security 2009 | Mcafee Internet Security 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Included | $65 | $69.99 |
| Number of Updates Per Week | 40 | 10 | 5 |
| Multiple Scanning Engines | Yes | No | No |
| Anti-Spam | Yes | Available as add-on | Yes |
| Pre-Defined Security Profiles | Yes | No | Yes |
| Parental Control | Yes | Available as add-on | Yes |
| Web Time Limiter | Yes | No | No |
| Application Control | Yes | Yes | No |
| Scanning of Web Traffic | Yes | No | No |
| Adware and Spyware Detection Rate** |
99.6% | 95.4% | 94.5% |
| Detection Rate to New Online Threats** |
99.2% | 98.7% | 93.6 |
| **Copyright © 2008 AV – Test GmbH, Last Update: 2008–09–01, Anti–virus comparison test of current anti–malware products, August/September 2008 | |||
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