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Comments on: PCLive offers a free security suite

PCLive.com, a service offered by SecurityCoverage Inc., is attempting to upstage security giants Symantec and McAfee by offering a complete suite of security tools for your desktop--for free.

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Locks PC up

by Dennis64uk October 17, 2007 3:54 AM PDT

Tried it out on PC and totally locks it up in XP Home edition. Plus had a struggle to get5 it out of PC.

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by IxIviper529IxI February 24, 2008 11:17 AM PST: Hey...can you tell me how you got if completely off your system...I am having the same problem with my computer. I have searched the registry and my c drive and no traces are shown...but my norton anti virus says that it is installed buy turned off.; Like this

Not yet ready
by starboykb October 17, 2007 6:23 PM PDT: I tested this software for nearly two days and direct supports from them. I have to say their software is not yet ready and suitable for any home or small business users to used yet. What i find are

First: The firewall automatically block the ip and you cant add any program into the safe/trust profile to prevent any accidently block any incoming or outgoing ports.

Second: There is no custom spyware scanning feature in the option except only anti-virus.

Thrid: The real-time scanning always hit 100% cpu usage all the time if you happen to click any folders. The longer it takes to scan if you go to any music or video folders. This is because Clamwin itself has not includes real time protection until now as it normally perform scanning already use 100% cpu usage.

I decided to pull the plug. I had actually no problem with the firewall or spyware mention above because i can wait for better update. But the real time protection is too heavily uses 100% cpu usage and it takes too long to scan and its very hard perform any program running or even played music properly. If they were able to lower down the use of cpu usage it might be better.; Like this Reply to this comment

Heavy system user.
by Northbridge1 October 18, 2007 3:37 AM PDT: I found that the download took a lot of time, and when installed used a heavy amount of resources. Like others, I am not sure what has been removed. Also found it slowed down the shut down sequence for my windows laptop.
I have now un-installed the program and reverted to Avant.; Like this Reply to this comment

PcLive is not great
by xxbojackxx October 18, 2007 11:28 AM PDT: I wont download this i try it out and all of sudden it crash my laptop just when i restarted; Like this Reply to this comment

PCLive Security
by rodell_pclive October 18, 2007 2:38 PM PDT: I am the CEO of SecurityCoverage, Inc., owners of PCLive Security and PCLive.com. I wanted to take a minute and respond to all your comments and acknowledge the issues you've encountered. Our goal is to make a user friendly security product for the average non-tech consumer. We have purposely tried to remove the decision making process (not to hide anything that is happening) but to create less burden on the consumer. Anything that is quarantined is fully visible and can be restored should you choose to. Also the firewall can be easily configured and we now have onine documentation build into the console and website that provides details on how.

We realize there have been a few issues with CPU utilization and shut down procedues and have released a new version today that can be downloaded. We are also offering free supported remote installatin and a free 24/7 product support license. Please consider giving us a try again and providing direct feedback. We take all comments very serios and want to provide a great product with superior support services.; Like this Reply to this comment

What a Lame Butt Appology Mr CE0
by Sterling6 October 18, 2007 6:14 PM PDT: Mr CEO:

Your product is a piece of Junk..Worthless..not User Freindly.

Go back to your Drawing board, and start again. Then come back when the INSANE bugs are worked out and then Market this Crap again; Like this Reply to this comment

Give this a chance.
by slngsht October 18, 2007 9:08 PM PDT: People don't realize that this program is in its infancy and yes, it will contain bugs. Any program out there that is released isn't smooth as butter at first, if they ever get to that point. I'm personally hoping that this program becomes a real competitor to the other big PC security companies.; Like this Reply to this comment

Works Great
by mwiebelhaus October 24, 2007 3:37 PM PDT: Ive encountered no problems except with the firewall. It wasn't exactly a problem but It isn't very easy to configure when I was installing my network printer driver. So I shut it off and turned windows firewall back on it works good for what I need because I'm using a router so I don't really need it. I tested this on a clean installation of windows so far everybody saying it locked up your computer.....well it was probably already screwed up to begin with. I ran a scan while I went to school and it worked fine but it didn't say what it removed or anything....but hey if its removing viruses and spy ware why do we need to complain about that?; Like this Reply to this comment