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82 out of 98 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 5
"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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1 out of 3 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 5
Pros: as malware protection now
Cons: ram is use alot
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6 out of 13 people found this review helpful
4 stars
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 5
"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
5 stars
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 5
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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12 out of 12 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: PC Tools AntiVirus Free Edition 5
Pros: I think this is better than AVG. It has a cooler interface and seems to work better.
Whatever you do, don't download Avast.
Cons: Its missing some features that you have to pay to get. Nothing to crutial however.
My sister seemed to have some problems with this on her laptop. It quit loading with Windows and gave her errors. I never did though.
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