User opinions for PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition
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PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition is an anti-virus scanner, that provides real-time protection against viruses, worms and Trojans. It also offers on-demand scans, as well as automatic updates and real-...
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Recommended by users 50% of the time (10 total)
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Hold on a second...... |
9/9/2010 23:09:00 |
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Posted by: iAmEKMA (5) |
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Just a word to the wise...this program is made by Symantec...the same company that makes Norton's. For those that don't know, Norton's is a resource hog and is extremely hard to remove (it literally takes control of your system). Now, just as Norton's is a "good" anti-virus, I'm sure this is as well. However, you won't find it on my computer as I believe there are better options than this...hence the "'s around the word good. Most people will find this program handy/helpful...just know that it is made by the same people that make Norton`s. [Editor`s note: This product is made by PC Tools. The company has been recently acquired by Symantec, however Symantec had nothing to do with the development of this software.] 22764
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No complaints here... |
12/10/2009 00:15:00 |
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Posted by: desertjon (12) |
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No problems here, easy install, does the job better that many other free antivirus programs and doesn`t slow my PC. Three cheers for fixing the previous problems. If you're looking for full support then get the pro version. 21803
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Works great!... |
5/4/2008 16:08:00 |
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Posted by: jlhns40 (11) |
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I use this antivirus with Threatfire, also from PC Tools, and it works great. The full scan is a little slow-64 minutes, but I've got time for thoroughness. It looks like the negative reviews were all over 6 months ago, so possibly they are using an older version. I have XP Sp2 1.7Ghz Pentium M and have no problems with locking up or running slow. 18961
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Excellent!... |
1/11/2008 01:43:00 |
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Posted by: scarysquirrel (9) |
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PC Tools must have cured the problems referred to earlier, especially the references to it being a memory hog. On my pc (xp sp2; 1 gig ram), it has a small footprint, is perfectly stable, uses way less memory than McAfee, Comodo, or Avast. I set it to check for updates daily, which it does; so that doesn't appear to be an issue, either. I use it along with their free firewall which is equally good. 18183
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Good anti virus program... |
10/19/2007 01:48:00 |
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Posted by: drstix (2) |
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I love this AV program, it's free, it keeps my machine clean, it runs smooth, it is one of the smallest memory footprints on my computer. The interface is simple and intuitive. There are updates very often. People are always telling me about some "awesome" AV program or another, and every once in a while I try one(6 so far) and they never find anything so I know PC tools has it together, I have some of their other products as well and love em' all! 17587
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Leave it alone... |
3/31/2007 13:39:00 |
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Posted by: appollo13 (3) |
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This gives P.C. tools a BIT OF A BAD NAME. its a shame. it hangs explorer slows the PC down and runs riot with normal programs this is one item from P C tools i could not get of my system quick enough As for me its a big let down from the P C Tools stable. 16055
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Three small cheers and a great big boo....... |
2/8/2007 14:40:00 |
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Posted by: Djohnfot (5) |
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PC Tools antivirus is a thoroughly great antivirus program if one looks only at the interface, features, and ease of use. In those categories it is at-or-near the top of the heap. What made me dislike the program was program bloat! This program slowed both of my computers (using XP SP2) down to an alarming degree. I was not surprised that it slowed one down (PIII with 256mb RAM) but it should not have done so with the other computer (3gHz P4 with 1gb RAM). It's the resident shields that do it - disable them and everythings back to speed which is totally unacceptable. PC Tools needs to optimize their code (is this written in visual basic?!?) so the shields run butter. Fix the bloat and PC Tools will have a world class antivirus program instead of one that reminds me of a beta release. As it is - NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME 15606
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Not really good enough yet... |
1/15/2007 12:41:00 |
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Posted by: Belatucadrus (15) |
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I like testing freebies and have experience of avast!, AVG, Antivir, Komodo and even ClamWin. So I was interested to see another option on the list and put it on my test machine. It didn't stay there long, while fully featured with a nice interface, it has enormous RAM requirements, taking between four and five times as much as similar avast! installations. It also gave me a less than satisfactory Internet experience, frequently bringing FireFox and IE to a complete halt.
As it stands it's got all the bits you need but is badly flawed and until they sort out its' RAM hog tendencies and the browser problem, isn't going to cut it when compared with the other usual free offerings and I really pity anybody who coughed up for the Paid version. 15313
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Bloated... |
1/7/2007 21:21:00 |
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Posted by: alnjk01 (126) |
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Very large footprint as compared to similar applications,excessive system resource usage while scanning or not! Relatively speedy scanning but base file seems small,as compared to others. Can't verify the effectiveness of the protection but for the processing power used by this program in its general protection mode I would not recommend this application. 15230
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Useless... hangs explorer... |
1/3/2006 20:05:00 |
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Posted by: jszlauko |
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This would probably be a great program if only it wouldn't hang Explorer! Whenever I have this thing running on my Windows XP system, Windows Explorer stops responding and I cannot do ANYTHING until I exit this AntiVirus program. 11367
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