PC Tools 2010 Lineup

Good Evening ! Anyone tried the new versions of P.C.Tools new apps.Especially curious in regards to P.C.Tools Internet 2010 Suite. I must admit although using their apps in the past,the app features such as Intelliguard with Spyware Doctor has always presented it's own special challenges such as stoppage in scans and system lag. Maybe they've made the product lighter on resources. Sincerely...Securon

 

pc tools demonstrated here www.youtube.com/bradtechonline

 

Spyware Doctor with AV 2010 got reviewed by PC Mag and got their's editor's choice award.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354297,00.asp

 

Looks like it's using Norton AntiVirus with Treat Fire. Good combo IMHO.

 

not really... it looks like its using Spyware Doctor + PC Tools Antivirus + Threatfire... which IS what theyre doing lol...

 

The virus database is a VDB file which belongs to NAV

 

well they are owend by the same company, but doesnt mean ther using the same sigs.

 

They use the Virusbuster engine....

 

True. Yet the virusbuster engine performed better that PCT AV in a recent test. Weird.

 

Hi,

I got a free one year key. Impressed by its lineups---- then found out........\

it drags the whole system to a complete halt; free memory drops from 350mb to 20-30 mb as soon as IE 8 opens up. Pity.

 

ye resource usage seems to be its Achilles heel

 

thats only the AV im guessing? since Spyware Doctor has been out for a while and i imagine its their own engine.

 

The original PC Tools Antivirus engine was based on a 2005 Virusbuster engine.
But that's like saying that the Alfa-Romeo 159 V6 engine is based on an Australian-manufactured Chevrolet engine.
It's true but it doesn't have any relevance to the comparative performance of the two products.

Free PCTIS 2009 12-month license was available here (Australia) as a mahagzine promo for some months and as such it has been one of my favourite "lock-down" or repair suites for general users because, most of the time, it doesn't ask any questions.
However, with XP and less than 1.25 GB RAM, it runs smoothly but everything really slows down. I've got it on an AMD Athlon 1533MHZ backup machine wih 512MB and it's only just bearable.
Last week I uninstalled 2009 and installed 2010 on a 1GB RAM Sempron 64 3000+ PC and it's been buggy .

 

ok nice clarification.

 

In case anyone's interested, the buggyness was mostly the non-aoppearance of the GUI. Since disabling the firewall this has not occurred.