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PC Tools Updates Antivirus 3.0 software to protect consumers for expected surge in Internet holiday shopping

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 27, 2006- Utilizing a new and highly effective scanning engine, the upgraded PC Tools Antivirus 3.0 improves program performance, and responsiveness—it hunts and kills viruses quickly.

“This upgraded security tool reflects our focus on quality and provides users with robust protection that is both effective and compatible with our award-winning products,” said Michael Greene, Vice President of Product Strategy for PC Tools.

“We know threats to consumers will increase this holiday season, so we want to provide them with the most effective products possible,” Greene added. “We own this product which means we are able to control quality and implement best practices that have helped us consistently win Best Anti-spyware from trusted sources.

“There are many benefits to our approach. We have a tightly integrated product. This software will have a minimal impact on the user’s system,” Greene said.

This new software provides scanning and real-time OnGuard performance improvements. Along with enhanced heuristics to help detect a greater number of new variants and their related malware components on infected PCs.

* Current awards include: PC Magazine Best Anti-Spyware 2005, Editor’s Choice 2006; Windows XP Magazine, Editor’s Choice; PC Pro Recommended 2006, A List product; PC Answers Editor’s Choice 2006; PC Advisor Gold award 2006; PC User ‘Top Buy’ 2006; Computer Shopper Best Anti-Spyware of 2006.

 

ABOUT PC TOOLS™

PC Tools is a global security software leader with products including award-winning Spyware Doctor along with effective anti-spyware products. PC Tools is a leader in real-time anti-spyware, security, and utility technologies and has a number of key patents pending. PC Tools security products are available in major US retail stores and have been downloaded over 100 million times.

The PC Tools Malware Research Center monitors trends and emerging spyware issues and provides security solutions for the consumer and enterprise marketplace. The malware database is highly integrated with Spyware Doctor's broad range of scanning and real-time system protection tools, making Spyware Doctor one of the most effective anti-spyware products on the market today. The company is headquartered in Sydney, with offices in San Francisco, London, Dublin, Melbourne, and Kiev. PC Tools has a global network of distributors, resellers, and retailers.

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PC Tools’ Registry Mechanic V6.0 Reduces Need for Expensive Windows Vista™ Upgrade

 

San Francisco, 21st November, 2006 - Those using older versions of Microsoft Windows will not be left in the cold this holiday season. Registry Mechanic - with more than 300,000 downloads a week - clearly the worlds’ most popular and easy to use computer registry cleaner - has just been upgraded.

Registry Mechanic 6.0™, which optimizes and repairs Microsoft® Windows® operating system, is the perfect alternative to an expensive Vista™ utilities update. Registry Mechanic offers ongoing support for Windows programs - like Windows 98 - which is no longer supported by Microsoft.

By using Registry Mechanic 6.0 users can retain their legacy software, but keep their PCs operating at peak performance - delaying a need for yet another costly software update. “It’s is like having a computer expert tweak your system for maximum performance,” says Michael Greene, Vice President for Product Strategy.

“Registry Mechanic 6.0 will dramatically improve computer performance - especially where there are corrupted files, orphaned short cuts, or incorrectly removed software,” Greene said.

PC Tools, producer of award-winning Spyware Doctor*, has enhanced Registry Mechanic 6.0 with:

• Registry Pruning - that enhances and improves compacting creating a more streamlined registry eliminating superfluous sub keys rendered useless after the repair process.
• Registry Monitoring - a real-time alert feature that keeps the system continually free of Windows Registry errors by alerting users when a specified number of registry changes and modifications have been made.
• Enhanced scanning & performance - a new core engine provides several scanning improvements quickly identify more registry errors and enhance PC performance.
• New Core Architecture - offers new tools and features that can be easily plugged in, to immediately update Registry Mechanic 6.0.

* Current awards include: PC Magazine Best Anti-Spyware 2005, Editor’s Choice 2006; Windows XP Magazine, Editor’s Choice; PC Pro Recommended 2006, A List product; PC Answers Editor’s Choice 2006; PC Advisor Gold award 2006; PC User ‘Top Buy’ 2006; Computer Shopper Best Anti-Spyware of 2006.

ABOUT PC TOOLS™

PC Tools is a global security software leader with products including award-winning Spyware Doctor along with effective anti-spyware products. PC Tools is a leader in real-time anti-spyware, security, and utility technologies and has a number of key patents pending. PC Tools security products are available in major retail stores and have been downloaded over 125 million times.

The PC Tools Malware Research Centre monitors trends and emerging spyware issues and provides security solutions for the consumer and enterprise marketplace. The malware database is highly integrated with Spyware Doctor's broad range of scanning and real-time system protection tools, making Spyware Doctor one of the most effective anti-spyware products on the market today. The company is headquartered in Sydney, with offices in San Francisco, London, Dublin, Melbourne and Kiev. PC Tools has a global network of distributors, resellers, and retailers.

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PC World names Spyware Doctor top rootkit killer

September 5th 2006

PC World’s latest anti-spyware round-up has lavished praise on Spyware Doctor for being easy to use and the best at detecting and removing rootkits.

Pitted head to head against five other leading anti-spyware brands, Spyware Doctor was in fact the only product out of the five tested that was able to detect and remove 100% of rootkits.

“It fought active rootkits the best, and its scanning interface offers results that are easy to read, understand, and act on,” said PC World reviewer Narasu Rebbapragada.

In the tests, PC World also found that Spyware Doctor ranked the highest in both detection and removal of adware and spyware threats.

Spyware Doctor’s ease of use and scan results presentation also got a thumbs-up as Ms. Rebbapragada said she “preferred Spyware Doctor's brightly colored bars and detailed levels of threat classification.”

PC World also ranked Spyware Doctor’s features as “superior”. Ms. Rebbapragada continued; “Spyware Doctor has the best selection of features, with full start-up, scheduled, and custom-file scanning options.”

PC World concluded that Spyware Doctor is a “feature-rich program, has a good graphical display for scan results and offers solid active-rootkit detection.”

Read the full review here: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,126885/article.html.

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