In this digital age in which we live, it’s important to have the right self defense products on hand to protect your computer (and thus your work) from outside threats.

That’s why I like Kapersky Antivirus, which I recently picked up from Best Buy. In the last couple years, I’d tried and been disappointed in both Norton and PC-cillan due to incidents both my wife and I have had with those products.

Kapersky’s different; while those products update maybe once a day, Kapersky updated pretty much every hour on the hour. As such, they respond more quickly to the viral threats that can take down your hard drive and thus subject you to losing a lot of your work.

Trust me, after having not just one, but TWO computers crash on me in the space of three months last year, I’ve gone through that pain. Twice. Now, in addition to backing up my work a LOT more often, Kapersky is one of the things that gives me peace of mind about my writing being secure on my hard drive. This isn’t an official review of their product… I just was thinking about how much I appreciate it and decided to share.

It’s more expensive than other solutions, but this is one case where you get what you pay for.