PC Tools Free Antivirus: Does anyone have? What do you think of it?

United States
May 17, 2010 11:15am CST
Ok..I have just downloaded PC tools free antivirus. I know AVG is one of the most popular virus protections I wanted to try the one offered by PC tools. Anyone use this free antivirus? What do you think of it? Joy
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• India
17 May 10
It's a nice antivirus software.Look for other free antivirus softwares like-Avira & Eset.Eset doesn't slows down your computer.Both of these antivirus softwares are tested by me & I always recommend them to other users.
• United States
18 May 10
I never heard of avira or the other you mentioned. Have you tried them? What is your opinion of them? I am always fearful of downloading things.
@max1950 (2306)
• United States
17 May 10
ive tried a few free anti virus protection downloads buy i always get medium grade virus's that slow my laptop down and they didnt automatically update the system, ive been using norton for years without any problems. i purchased a new laptop a couple months ago and had problems so i just went back to norton. hp laptops seem to come thru with pretty good virus protection and they come with the virus protection free already installed.
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• United States
17 May 10
I hear ya in that I don't like viruses of any kind. Sometimes I think that one virus attracts others? I thought I could survive without virus protection but feel this is not so. Joy
7 Nov 10
I've used free one's in the past but I don't trust them as such. The only Anti-Virus protection that I've found which as reduced the amount of virus's that my computer gets is "Kaspersky" and it can be quite costly. Not as bad as the cost of Norton or Mcafee but it's well worth it. I've only had a couple, as usually it detects them straight away which prevents them actually getting onto my computer. AVG is okay from experience, I installed it on my parents laptop but I prefer more flexible options which usually only come with paid products.
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
18 May 10
avg isnt bad but there is one that is better avira is better i use this one on all my computers
@rosie230 (1703)
17 May 10
No, I have not heard of this one I don't think, but I am currently using the Avast antivirus which is free for home users, and it is pretty good, and easy to set up, and automatically updates for you.
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• United States
17 May 10
I had tried avast before but found I had some software conflict at the time. I had several virus coming on my computer lately so I decided it's time to get an antivirus.