Pctools Free Av

I havent heard much about it in a long time. Are there any reliable reviews or informed opinions on the latest version?

Thnx

 

Not good as it has no behaviour blocker. Detection rate wise (for on-demand scanning), about the same as Norton as it uses the same engine.

 

No rootkit protection in the free version ...

 

I don't see it anymore on PCTools webpage.
Discontinued?

 

No, just hidden.

http://free.pctools.com

 

Such a shame their firewall is not being supported anymore.

 

Well, its very deeply hidden

 

Now if they are planing to quit the paid products i have lost hope in the free

 

Pctools,is over:

h**p://www.pctools.com/forum/showthread.php?69800-Retirement-of-the-PC-Tools-Security-portfolio&p=243056#post243056

 

Since the acquisition by Symantec, this is no surprise.
Honestly, I don't think it's a big loss either.
The Firewall has been great at some point, but this is now the past.

 

Kinda sad to see them go...

 

Yeah, me too

 

What i miss the most is former Cyberhawk (PCTools ThreatFire). It was one of the better behavior blockers i've ever used. And it was free and worked along with any existing AV. So i never had to ditch something in favor of something else. But ever since they stopped regularly updating it, i had to let it go. And now it's no more. I still remember the first days when Cyberhawk guys came around here. It was really great. To bad they all got absorbed into the big machinery...

 

I notice spyware doctor is a payware now.I used this quite a lot a couple of years ago and was a decent program.

Why turn the freeware into a payware.

 

@RejZor:
Mamutu is still there, but it's not free.
Has its own website now, BTW: http://www.mamutu.com

 

As part of Symantec’s commitment to your online protection, we are streamlining our product range to provide fewer, better solutions for our customers. Symantec will retire the PC Tools Security portfolio on May 18, 2013, which means PC Tools Internet Security, Spyware Doctor and Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus will not be available for sale or renewal from this date.

Sad news. Symantec bought PC Tools, now they killed it!

http://www.pctools.com/en/product-eol/in.../security/

 

Well, that's one way to kill your competition, buy them out and close down the product line.

 

Was PC Tools really a dangerous competitor to Symantec?
I really don't think so.

 

Even if PC Tools weren't, they'll never be now. Will they?

 

Well, not in the enterprise market at least

 

Well, that's why they could acquire it. Symantec acquired Comodo? Impossible in their current state I'm afraid.