This is the software publisher's description.

Imagine you are surfing the Internet and afterwards your computer will no longer start up. Viruses that access your PC unnoticed can cause great damage. They can delete your entire data – or even make your computer completely unusable. Hackers can access your PC even if they are not surfing the Web. This means they can steal your credit card number and go shopping at your cost.

Spy programs forward the passwords for your online banking: Your account is cleared out. Spam mails are not just an annoyance but are also dangerous: Phishing mails disguise themselves as official messages from your bank and try to obtain valuable access information.

Steganos Internet Security protects you quickly, securely and permanently in several areas: The virus database is updated regularly to ensure your being protected permanently against viruses.

Annoying adware and dangerous spyware are detected and destroyed: This means you are protected against identity theft.

Dangerous rootkits are automatically detected and removed.

Hacker attacks from the Internet are repelled and the complete data traffic between your computer and the Internet is controlled permanently by the integrated firewall.

While you surf the net, Web Shield checks if websites may contain malicious code and warns you. Works for Instant Messaging, too!