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- Price: Free; Paid upgrade available
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: May 03, 2007
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A newer version of PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition is available.
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- Average user rating: stars out of 390 votes
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From PC Tools :With PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition you are protected against the most nefarious cyber-threats attempting to gain access to your PC and personal details. Going online without protection against the latest fast-spreading viruses, worms and Trojans can result in infections within minutes. Once infected, the virus will usually attempt to spread itself to your friends, family and associates by accessing your e-mail contacts and networked PCs.
The infection may also allow hackers to access files on your PC, use it to launch attacks against other computers and Websites or to send mass SPAM email. That's why PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition provides world-leading protection, with rapid database updates, OnGuard real-time File, Internet & E-mail protection and comprehensive system scanning to ensure your system remains safe and virus free. PC Tools products are trusted and used by millions of people everyday to protect their home and business computers.
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User reviews of PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 3.1
- Average user rating: 3.1 stars out of 390 votes
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82 out of 98 people found this review helpful
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 3.1
"Free But Still Isn't Good Enough"
Pros: Good interface and very easy to use.Updates daily and it's free.
Cons: Database isn't very big, infact it's kind of small.Detection is not very good.I compared this progam with other free antivirus and they were able to detect more virus than this.If you want a good free antivirus then use Avast or Avg.
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6 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 3.1
"Set it and forget it protection.....except"
Pros: Very well laid out GUI and has large easy to understand and organized buttons. Very reminiscent of SpywareDoctor.I love that fact that you can install very easily and upon activation updates are downloaded and if you are a novice pretty much you can set it and forget it. Auto updates and real-time protection make this a good choice for those of you that hate to tinker with settings and have to customize defaults.Scans are fast and thorough.only one flaw as I describe in the cons:
Cons: This app is quite a resource hog!!! I installed this on one of my older systems with a 333MHZ processor 384 RAM and PC Tools Antivirus slowed my system to a CRAWL my PC was almost unusable. This is a good antivirus program for newer systems only with at least 800MHz processors and above.
Once again I went back to Avast antivirus which is one of the best,and to my delight it works great on older systems even with only 333MHz CPU !!!
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23 out of 31 people found this review helpful
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 3.1
Pros: To start off, it's free. Secondly, the updates seem frequent enough and are automatic as well. The scan times are extremely fast compared to some other anti-viruses. This caught and quarantined a virus the previous anti-virus I had didn't. Thirdly, any new user will have no trouble using this at all. This installs quite well and fast as well.
Cons: There isn't enough guard options, but I guess you get those int he paid version. Secondly, there isn't an option to just remove any viruses caught, it automatically quarantines them.
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15 out of 23 people found this review helpful
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 3.1
Pros: Don't know
Cons: The scanning time took way to long, and slowed my computer down.
Free products AVG, Avast and Avira if much better
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1 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 3.1
Pros: PC Tools has had a good reputation for quality software. It's just a shame they spoilt this one. It's free, it has a nice interface, but thats about it.
Cons: If you have an old system, then you should avoid this. It hogged my CPU so much that opening an app (like CCleaner) took around 1 minute instead of my normal 1 second. Hasn't won much awards. Scanning speed a little slower than AVG.
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