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PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 6.1.0.25

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Price: Free
Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
Date added: November 02, 2009
Total Downloads: 3,053,356
Downloads last week: 5,980
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Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 397 votes
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Publisher's description

From PC Tools :

PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition protects you against the most nefarious cyber-threats attempting to gain access to your PC and personal details. PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition provides protection, with rapid database updates, IntelliGuard real-time file, Internet & e-mail protection and comprehensive system scanning to ensure your system remains safe and virus free.

What's new in this version:

PC Tools AntiVirus 6 provides enhancements in protection, detection and scanning. This has been achieved through the introduction of next generation sliding signatures, specifically designed to better cater for the significant numbers of threat variants in the wild. PC Tools' next-gen sliding signatures have also delivered performance improvements to scan time and system impact with a further reduced memory footprint and overall system impact during scanning.

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Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 397 votes
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2 stars

Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 6.1.0.25

"could not download emails with pctools turned on"

by prairiecoot on December 14, 2009

Pros: seemed easy to use

Cons: had to turn it off the get emails

Summary: tried it - but because of the email issue , I deleted it

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3 stars

Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 6.1.0.25

"no noticeable difference from prior"

by pallyg on December 9, 2009

Pros: no noticeable difference from prior

Cons: no noticeable difference from prior

Summary: no noticeable difference from prior

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2 stars

0 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 6.1.0.25

"hard to get rid of"

by sharnta on November 21, 2009

Pros: it was free

Cons: icant take it off without losing inter net

Summary: icant get this off my computer without losing my internet i tried toput on another antivirus that took up less space but they wouldnt download andor icould not get the internet with them how do i get rid of pc tools antivirus free edition and keep m... read more >>

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5 stars

Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 6.1.0.25

"Really good!!!!!!!!"

by ahmedhhw on November 18, 2009

Pros: scanner and proection and good deection

Cons: Slow my pc down

Summary: I had i to protect my pc for while i just remove it because it stopped working

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4 stars

Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 6.1.0.25

"Excellent, but slows the PC quite a bit."

by ysj4244 on November 14, 2009

Pros: So easy to use, and so thorough.

Cons: Slows my PC's action.

Summary: Slows down my PC's performance.

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