Yoggie Pico Firewall

We all know how necessary it is to have some form of virus or spyware protection on our computers, we also know how great a hit they can be to processor performance when we are stuck using a slow laptop. The Yoggie Pico offloads those security requirements to a small USB dongle that serves as a mini firewall. Powered by Linux and a dedicated processor, the Pico uses 12 built in security applications including anti-virus and anti-spyware and only requires a tiny thin client installed on the actual computer.

By using a low level driver to re-direct all the network traffic to the Pico, before Windows and the TCP/IP stack see it, means that any attacks on your computer will hit the Pico before it has a chance to affect your computer. This actually provides a physical separation between your machine and the internet (or network your connecting to, think free internet hotspot).

It’s $179 plus $30/year for updates, it isn’t exactly cheap but if you prefer paying for anti-virus and anti-spyware rather than using free versions, this might be great for you.

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