PC Tools Internet Security

PC Tools Internet Security is an interesting product. In spite of its older brother Spyware Doctor's popularity, the truth is it is a seldom sought after product.  This is a surprise. PC Tools Internet Security is built from the same technology that gives us PC Tools spyware doctor and PC Tools antivirus. Plus this product has spam protection as well.

I began to wonder if it might be price that is keeping it from wide spread adoption. After checking on pricing, $59.95 (as of 9/26/08) is a reasonable price.  The only bad thing I found in reviews was its lack of heuristic scanning.

Heuristic scanning: "A heuristic scan is used to detect new, unknown viruses in your system that have not yet been identified. Only some antiviruses can do this type of scan, the majority are only able to detect  known viruses."  This doesn't seem to be the reason either.

I will chalk it up to a lack of marketing. The reason I say this is because I see heuristic scan capability incorporated in the latest release. Most importantly, I found out that most customers and potential customers are still looking for their antivirus and firewall as separate products. To get more info on PC Tools Internet Security click here.

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