Computer Shopper - UK (2019-08)

ISSUE 378|COMPUTER SHOPPER|AUGUST 2019 75

IObitMalwareFighterPro7

THESEDAYS,Athird-party
password manager is essential
foranyone venturing on to the
internet with aclutch of online
accounts. Youwon’t last long
relying on weak, easily guessable
passwords to protect your
personal data when online,so
password managers such as
LastPass that lock all your
passwords awaybehind a
single master password have
much to recommend them.

Dashlane6Premium

REQUIREMENTSWindows7,8,10;

50MBharddiskspace

WEBSITEwww.dashlane.com

NOTESGetyourregistrationcodeat

dashlane.disc.computershopper.co.uk

Although Dashlane is not

such awell-known password

manager,there is alot to like

here,such as AES-256 encryption

that derives its keydirectly from

your master password, so it’s not

stored anywhere.You can also

tie your stored passwords to a

single device rather than have it

securely synced across all your

computers and mobiles. Youcan

even tie Dashlane in with Google

Authenticator to add another

layerof two-factorauthentication

foreven greater security.

Youmanage your passwords

and digital wallet through a

standalone app.This opens at the

Security Dashboard, which gives

you an overall safety rating based

on the strength and repetition of

your passwords. Youcan then

track down these passwords and

change them to something

better,such as arandom string of

characters generated by

Dashlane itself.

Dashlane will alert

you when it detects a

websitehas been

breached, potentially

compromising your

account and password

on that site, as well as

any other sites that

share the same

password. It’s aneat

touch and another

good reason to give

the program ago.

If you’re starting

out with your first

password manager,

then Dashlane is a

great one to start with.

It’s robust, helpful and

free on mobile as well

as desktop.

REQUIREMENTSWindowsXP, Vista,7, 8,10;

70MBharddiskspace

WEBSITEwww.iobit.com

NOTESGetyourregistrationcodeat

mf7.disc.computershopper.co.uk.

Includesasix-monthlicence

IOBITMALWAREFIGHTERis a

straightforward anti-spyware

tool that can protect your PC in

several different ways.

Forinstance,you can run an

on-demand scan to look for

spyware,adware,trojans, bots

and other threats that your

regular antivirus software might

have missed. The Smart Scan

checks only the most critical

areas of your PC, and runs fairly

quickly (around seven minutes on

our PC); you can run acomplete

system scan if you prefer, while

the Custom Scan allows you to

choose exactly what you’d like

the program to examine.

Malware Fighter also includes

real-time protection in the shape of five dedicated

guards, which variously monitor your startup

programs, browser settings, cookies, the web

pages you view,and the files you access.

Our first brieftests leftsome questions over

the program’s accuracy,with Malware Fighter

missing areal threat, and incorrectly warning us of

two entirely safefiles. It’s therefore best used in

conjunction with your usual antivirus software,

rather than replacing it entirely.

The Pro version, which we’re giving you here,

adds scheduled scans, protection forUSB viruses,

process scanning and much more.