Here is the latest press release info for PC Tools Internet Security 2010:

Hi All,

We are happy to announce the release of PC Tools Internet Security 2010 (v7.0.0.514).

Advanced Detection Intelligence provides Powerful Protection

IMPROVED! Built on a modular architecture which utilizes a diverse range of technologies that detect, block and remove threats attempting to compromise your PC.

NEW! ThreatFire™ Behavioral Intelligence features next-generation technology to block new threats faster than traditional signature methods.

IMPROVED! Advanced rootkit detection technology identifies and removes hidden threats from your PC.

NEW! Multi-layered browsing protection against web-based attacks, including phishing attempts, rogueware scare tactics and silent drive-by downloads, using a combination of reactive blacklists and proactive dynamic content analysis technologies.

• IMPROVED! Site Guard blocks you from visiting potentially unsafe or phishing websites and from downloading threats through your browser, IM or email.
• Cookie Guard automatically removes potentially malicious tracking and advertising cookies.
• NEW! Browser Guard stops 'drive-by' downloads of fake AV or malicious files from compromised or exploit websites.

Constant real-time IntelliGuard™ protection prevents known and new malware threats before they can install and cause any harm to your PC. IntelliGuard™ monitors for malicious activity involving spyware processes, viral activity, tracking cookies, suspicious ActiveX objects, browser hijackers, keyloggers, trojans and more.

 

Intelli-Scan™ swiftly hunts and kills active spyware threats - utilizes patent-pending spider scanning technology to quickly identify and remove threats.

IMPROVED!

Automated Firewall to defend against cybercriminals seeking to gain access to your PC. It analyses network traffic and makes intelligent automatic decisions for you to reduce annoying alerts.

IMPROVED!

Advanced spam filtering utilizes intuitive behavioral technology to detect spam and effectively block phishing, unsolicited and malware emails.

NEW!

Includes AntiSpam toolbars for popular email clients including Microsoft® Outlook® and Mozilla® Thunderbird®.

Precision Technology for minimal performance impact

NEW!

State Awareness Modes intuitively detect how you are using your PC and adjust to minimize performance impact and reduce interruptions.

• Game Mode automatically detects your PC switching into full-screen mode for games, movies or presentations and ensures an uninterrupted experience.
• Idle Mode automatically runs resource intensive tasks when your PC is not in use.
• Laptop Mode postpones power-intensive tasks until your laptop is plugged in, extending battery life.

Tackles today's attacks… and ready to take on tomorrow's new threats

NEW! ThreatFire™ Behavioral Intelligence features next-generation technology to block new threats faster than traditional signature methods.

Behavior Guard, built on ThreatFire's patent-pending ActiveDefense technology intelligently scans and analyzes computer processes to accurately detect and block any malicious activity.

Smart Updates silently and automatically install protection updates and product upgrades to ensure powerful protection against the latest threat outbreaks.

24/7 Global Malware Research Centre constantly tackles the latest threat types and implements new innovations and technologies to quickly combat cybercrime.

Tailor to meet your specific needs

Intelligent automated protection is automatically enabled on install, enabling you to set and forget.

Tweak advanced settings to tailor protection to meet your specific need

Additional Features

NEW! Protection Statistics Report informs you of how PC Tools has protected your PC over the last 30 days.

24/7 Help available in 10 languages. Select the most convenient option to you - reach our support staff by phone, email, live chat or web.

PC Tools Internet Security is available in 14 languages.

Where To Download PC Tools Internet Security v7.0.0.514?

If you would like to Download PC Tools Internet Security, please click here!

Operating System: Designed for Windows® 7, Windows Vista® and Windows® XP

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How to Remove Internet Security 2010
By James Henry Johnson

To remove Internet Security 2010, you need to take a simple and effective method. This tool installs itself and does not have any sort of uninstall feature, meaning that you are going to have to remove it manually from your PC. And to do this, you need to be able to follow this simple tutorial:

 

1. Stop The Program Running This infection is always running on your system, so to start its removal, you need to stop it from running. To do this, you need to open the task manager by pressing "Ctrl + Alt + Del" and then stopping the IS2010 processes.
2. Remove Its Files And Directories After you've stopped the program from running, you need to remove its files and directories. These are the things that allow Internet Security to function and are placed on your PC when it installs itself. To remove these, you need to visit My Computer and then delete the program files that Internet Security has.
3. Unregister Any Components It Needs Internet Security also registers several DLL components onto your PC. These are highly damaging if not removed, and can cause other issues, ranging from your system running slowly to your PC becoming the target of hackers!! It's vital you remove these components in order to keep your system's integrity intact.
4. Clean Out The Registry This tool installs a lot of bogus registry settings on your PC, which can lead to the reinstallation of this software. In order to make sure that IS2010 is gone forever, it's recommended that you use a registry cleaner to find and remove all the files that it will leave inside the registry database.

 

These steps are the effective way that anyone can remove this damaging program from their PC. However, in order to perform this removal, it's recommended that you look at exactly which things to delete and remove. You can do this by looking at our website.

You can Remove Internet Security by using the tutorial on my site. You can Click here to remove Internet Security 2010 forever.

You can also use a commerical tool to remove IS2010. Spyware Doctor effectively combats the above threat. Spyware Doctor is a detection and removal tool as well.

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Sorry for the late post on the latest release of Spyware Doctor.   Here it is:

"We are happy to announce the release of Spyware Doctor v7 and Spyware Doctor With AntiVirus v7.

Advanced Detection Intelligence provides Powerful Protection
IMPROVED! Built on a modular architecture which utilizes a diverse range of technologies that detect, block and remove threats attempting to compromise your PC.

NEW! ThreatFire™ Behavioral Intelligence features next-generation technology to block new threats faster than traditional signature methods.

IMPROVED! Advanced rootkit detection technology identifies and removes hidden threats from your PC.

NEW! Multi-layered browsing protection against web-based attacks, including phishing attempts, rogueware scare tactics and silent drive-by downloads, using a combination of reactive blacklists and proactive dynamic content analysis technologies.

• IMPROVED! Site Guard blocks you from visiting potentially unsafe or phishing websites and from downloading threats through your browser, IM or email.
• Cookie Guard automatically removes potentially malicious tracking and advertising cookies.
• NEW! Browser Guard stops 'drive-by' downloads of fake AV or malicious files from compromised or exploit websites.

Constant real-time IntelliGuard™ protection prevents known and new malware threats before they can install and cause any harm to your PC. IntelliGuard™ monitors for malicious activity involving spyware processes, viral activity, tracking cookies, suspicious ActiveX objects, browser hijackers, keyloggers, trojans and more.

Intelli-Scan™ swiftly hunts and kills active spyware threats - utilizes patent-pending spider scanning technology to quickly identify and remove threats.

Precision Technology for minimal performance impact
NEW! State Awareness Modes intuitively detect how you are using your PC and adjust to minimize performance impact and reduce interruptions.

Game Mode automatically detects your PC switching into full-screen mode for games, movies or presentations and ensures an uninterrupted experience.

Idle Mode automatically runs resource intensive tasks when your PC is not in use.

Power Saving Mode postpones power-intensive tasks until your laptop is plugged in, extending battery life.

Tackles today's attacks… and ready to take on tomorrow's new threats
NEW! ThreatFire™ Behavioral Intelligence features next-generation technology to block new threats faster than traditional signature methods.

Behavior Guard, built on ThreatFire's patent-pending ActiveDefense technology intelligently scans and analyzes computer processes to accurately detect and block any malicious activity.

Smart Updates silently and automatically install protection updates and product upgrades to ensure powerful protection against the latest threat outbreaks.

24/7 Global Malware Research Centre constantly tackles the latest threat types and implements new innovations and technologies to quickly combat cybercrime.

Tailor to meet your specific needs
Intelligent automated protection is automatically enabled on install, enabling you to set and forget.

Tweak advanced settings to tailor protection to meet your specific needs.

Additional Features
NEW! Protection Statistics Report informs you of how PC Tools has protected your PC over the last 30 days.

24/7 Help available in 10 languages. Select the most convenient option to you - reach our support staff by phone, email, live chat or web.

Spyware Doctor is available in 23 languages.

Where to Download?

Please click here for Spyware Doctor standalone.

Please click here for Spyware Doctor With AntiVirus.

Operating System: Designed for Windows® 7, Windows Vista and Windows® XP

What to do if I have problems?
Please post your experiences about Spyware Doctor in the Spyware Doctor forum and ask any questions you may have. Any help you can give us isolating any problems would be much appreciated, i.e. if you have problems with your e-mail, see if disabling Email Guard fixes the problem, and please tell us any and all error messages and system information (Exact error details, Windows version, software installed, memory size, type of processor) to help us replicate the problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Internet Security 2010 Can Be Hard to Remove
By Jacob Erdei

Late last year the main fake security client going around was Security Tool. Every malware site I checked tended to have this threat present. I looks like January and February of 2010 has kicked of a new fake client called Internet Security 2010.

After installing several different variations of this threat onto many different computer I was able to find out most of the symptoms many people out there will get when they become infected with this client.

Symptoms

For most out there they will notice a dialog box as soon as they attempt to log-in to the computer. This warning will tell the user they are infected with something like the Netsky virus. After the user closes down this box the user will then find several pop-ups coming at them warning them their computer is infected with a virus and that they need to purchase the Internet Security 2010 client. These are false and exaggerated claims being made by this security client and they should not be trusted.

In only around 40% of testings we also found this product to highjack the Desktop of the user and place an image there telling the user they were also infected. This is a well known scare tactic used to create urgency to buy the fake client.

In all our testings we were unable to run security software while this client was running and the Task Manager was disabled or being stopped right away.

While this security product is not the easiest thing to remove there are ways to gain the upper hand. The main objective to start needs to be on focusing on stopping the executable starting IS 2010 and then also stopping the smss32.exe file. Then you can delete both files. From there your real security software should be able to fully remove the rest of the threat on your computer.

The worst thing you could do is actually purchase this bogus software client. Every person who does is simply funding these crooks. They will keep doing this over and over until people stop falling prey to the scam.

There are many reasons why someone may become infected with a program like this. Sometimes simply going to a good website that has been hacked is enough to get your computer infected. That is why it is so important to keep all your software programs up to date and to have a good security client so these threats are stopped before they infect your computer.

For exact removal instructions please read our Internet security 2010 virus removal guide. It shows the exact steps needed to remove this threat and even has a video to help guide you. If you are in need of an expert to remove this threat for you then consider checking out this remote computer repair company. They are experts at removing viruses and spyware online.

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Trojan-Dropper.KillAV.GG drops additional malware onto infected computers. It also attempts to terminate running antivirus applications.

Spyware Doctor effectively combats the above threat. Spyware Doctor is a detection and removal tool as well.
New features for 2010:

• ThreatFire™ Behavioral Intelligence features next-generation technology to block new threats faster than traditional signature methods.
• Multi-layered browsing protection against web-based attacks, including phishing attempts, rogueware scare tactics and silent drive-by downloads, using a combination of reactive blacklists and proactive dynamic content analysis technologies.
• Browser Guard stops 'drive-by' downloads of fake AV or malicious files from compromised or exploit websites.
• State Awareness Modes intuitively detect how you are using your PC and adjust to minimize performance impact and reduce interruptions.
• Protection Statistics Report  informs you of how PC Tools has protected your PC over the last 30 days.
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Trojan.Banker steals information such as bank accounts, usernames, passwords and credit card details from your computer and sends it to the attacker.
 

Spyware Doctor effectively combats the above threat. Spyware Doctor is a detection and removal tool as well.
New features for 2010:

• ThreatFire™ Behavioral Intelligence features next-generation technology to block new threats faster than traditional signature methods.
• Multi-layered browsing protection against web-based attacks, including phishing attempts, rogueware scare tactics and silent drive-by downloads, using a combination of reactive blacklists and proactive dynamic content analysis technologies.
• Browser Guard stops 'drive-by' downloads of fake AV or malicious files from compromised or exploit websites.
• State Awareness Modes intuitively detect how you are using your PC and adjust to minimize performance impact and reduce interruptions.
• Protection Statistics Report  informs you of how PC Tools has protected your PC over the last 30 days.
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Trojan-PWS.OnlineGames.BX attempts to monitor infected computers to steal password and other information associated with popular online games.
 

Spyware Doctor effectively combats the above threat. Spyware Doctor is a detection and removal tool as well.
New features for 2010:

• ThreatFire™ Behavioral Intelligence features next-generation technology to block new threats faster than traditional signature methods.
• Multi-layered browsing protection against web-based attacks, including phishing attempts, rogueware scare tactics and silent drive-by downloads, using a combination of reactive blacklists and proactive dynamic content analysis technologies.
• Browser Guard stops 'drive-by' downloads of fake AV or malicious files from compromised or exploit websites.
• State Awareness Modes intuitively detect how you are using your PC and adjust to minimize performance impact and reduce interruptions.
• Protection Statistics Report  informs you of how PC Tools has protected your PC over the last 30 days.
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Backdoor.Small.HEZ installs and hides itself into the system directory. It allows remote attackers to gain access to the computer.
 

Spyware Doctor effectively combats the above threat. Spyware Doctor is a detection and removal tool as well.
New features for 2010:

• ThreatFire™ Behavioral Intelligence features next-generation technology to block new threats faster than traditional signature methods.
• Multi-layered browsing protection against web-based attacks, including phishing attempts, rogueware scare tactics and silent drive-by downloads, using a combination of reactive blacklists and proactive dynamic content analysis technologies.
• Browser Guard stops 'drive-by' downloads of fake AV or malicious files from compromised or exploit websites.
• State Awareness Modes intuitively detect how you are using your PC and adjust to minimize performance impact and reduce interruptions.
• Protection Statistics Report  informs you of how PC Tools has protected your PC over the last 30 days.
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For those that didn't know….(read my comment at the end of this post)

 

PC Tools Registry Mechanic v8.0.0.906

* World’s most popular registry cleaner with over 60 million downloads.
* Recommended by experts and editors as the world’s best registry cleaner.
* Clean the registry to fix Windows errors and crashes.
* Registry defrag to optimize your PC for better performance.
* FREE customer support for all users.
* Easy to use. Designed for both expert and novice users.
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With Registry Mechanic you can safely clean, repair and optimize the Windows® registry with a few simple mouse clicks! Problems with the Windows® registry are a common cause of Windows® crashes, slow performance and error messages. By using a registry cleaner regularly and fixing registry errors your system should not only be more stable but it will also help improve your system performance without expensive hardware upgrades. Learn more about the impor- tance of a clean registry with our registry insight. Registry Mechanic uses a high-performance detection algorithm to quickly identify missing and invalid references in your Windows® registry. These problems can occur for many reasons including being left-behind after the un-installation or incorrect removal of software, by missing or corrupt hardware drivers, or orphaned startup programs. With a few easy steps our registry cleaner will scan your entire registry for any invalid entries and provides a list of the registry errors found, you can then choose
to selectively clean each item or automatically repair them all. For your convenience
and protection Registry Mechanic can also make a backup of any repairs made so that
you can easily recover any changes if required.
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 I just wish PC Tools had given some detailed release notes for registry mechanic along with this sales pitch. It would have been more helpful.

 

 

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Version 6.0.1.445 was rolled back to 6.0.1.441 but it appears that PC Tools have the issues straightened out. The lastest release is 6.0.1.447 or 6.1.0.447 there seems to be a little confusion over the version. Below are the specifics:

The new features include:

• Password Protection – Settings, Immunizer & IntelliGuard Settings can now be protected by a password. When active, users will be required to enter a password to change some or all of the settings of these functions (range of protection determined by the user).
  Important - Please do NOT forget your password. A Password hint is provided to assist in recovering lost passwords. PC Tools cannot recover your Password, nor will any PC Tools employee EVER ask you to reveal your Password.
• Full Screen Mode – Should the user wish to watch movies, play games or display a full-screen presentation, Spyware Doctor can be set to recognize this mode and silently block threats without interruption. Popups are blocked and the History will record all events processed during this time.
• Right Click Scan – Users have the ability to right click on a file, folder or drive and perform a scan with Spyware Doctor.
• New Scan Engine – The new scan engine has been integrated with file detection which will improve detection capabilities, improve scan speed and reduce memory usage.
• Network driver (TDI) enhancements – The update divides network TDI monitoring into the following components:
  1. TDI generic driver – Receive network events and pass them to plugins that are registered to receive those events
  2. Product specific Network Plugins – Site Guard Plugin will register with TDI to receive and handle Site Guard TDI events. This will allow an easy way to update drivers specific to the plugin without having to update all TDI driver components.

Fixes in Spyware Doctor v6.1.0.447 include

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• Error where service is starting in '0's' resolved
• Changes with the evaluation package
• Minor bug fixes

 

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