Acronis Backup and Security Editor's Review

Acronis Backup and Security 2010 is a complete tool designed to offer complete protection against viruses, malware, unwanted intrusions, data theft or data loss.

The developers at Acronis managed to create a complete solutions to help home and corporate users safeguard their information using top notch security, storage management and disaster recovery software.

As stated in the title, Acronis Backup and Security 2010 consists of two major components: security and backup. You can protect your data using a firewall, anti-virus, antispam, parental control, privacy control and data encryption features. The second major component, the backup (and recovery), will help you create local, network or online backups. You can backup pretty much anything, from a single file, to entire partitions.

The thing that makes Acronis Backup and Security 2010 very uer friendly is the fact that you can choose between three settings: Novice, Intermediate and Expert mode; so you don't have to be a computer literate to use this tool. At the same time, power users have access to advanced features and complex options.

Pluses: Antiphishing tool for MS Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Yahoo Messenger, MS Windows Live Messenger. Extra data protection tools such as a Drive Cleanser, File Shredder, System Clean-up and many others.

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In conclusion: If had to accurately describe what Acronis Backup and Security 2010 does, I could go on for a month or so. Overall, Acronis Backup and Security 2010 is one of the best products out on the market, designed for any type of user out there. It's a must have software, at an unbeatable price, I might add.

version reviewed: 2010