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| PC Tools Internet Security 2008 | 
 enlarge | From: Encore Software
Category: Software
List Price: $49.99
Buy New: $17.90
You Save: $32.09 (64%)
New (7) from $17.90
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 12423
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp, Windows
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.4
MPN: 15440
Model: 15440
UPC: 705381154402
EAN: 0705381154402
ASIN: B0011FN96U
Release Date: January 4, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Resource hog. Unimpressed. Uninstalled. February 11, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I am using WinXP SP2, all updates, on a fast, modern laptop. I'm a very experienced PC user.
I installed PC Tools Internet Security on 2/11/08. After trying it once I uninstalled it. Here's why:
PC Tools Internet Security is a resource pig. It takes 250+MB of RAM, over 70% of CPU.
I tried the trial version of the program. Although the program would do a scan and show "security threats" the trial version wouldn't remove them without buying the full version. It is not much of a trial if I cannot determine how PC Tools Internet Security deals with not just sensing a threat but actually eliminating it.
It doesn't play well with Firefox. The first time I tried to open FF after installing Internet Security, my computer went to 100% of CPU. I tried to close Firefox and for 10 minutes the computer was useless while the two programs battled it out. Finally I got control of the computer again, and closed PC Tools Internet Security.
By the way, just closing PC Tools Internet Security takes over 30 seconds.
Since I could not evaluate how well PC Tools eliminates spyware, and since the program takes so much PC resources it is all but unusable, I will buy something else. Don't these guys do usability testing?
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