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PC Tools Internet Security is an interesting package. In spite of its older brother PC Tools Spyware Doctor’s status, the reality is it is a seldom sought after package. This is a surprise. Internet Security 2009 is built from the same technology that gives us PC Tools spyware doctor and PC Tools antivirus. Plus this package has spam protection as well.

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

Heuristic scanning: “A heuristic probe is used to catch new, unknown viruses in your systems that have not yet been identified. Only some antiviruses can do this type of probe, the majority are only able to catch 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 packages.

Bob Metcalfe, the person attributed as the Inventor of the Internet exemplifies what choosing what is not so popular….”And I turned around to look at these 10, 12 AT&T suits, and they were all laughing. And it was in that moment that AT&T became my bte noire, because I realized in that moment that these SOBs were rooting against me. To this day, I still cringe at the mention of AT&T. That’s why my cell phone is a T-Mobile. The rest of my family uses AT&T, but I refuse .”

Granted, choosing PC Tools Internet Security will not be that dramatic but it could prove to be a good internet security application for your computer.

-Bug fixes in PC Tools Internet Security 6.0.1.441 include:
ThreatFire version 4 is now integrated into Behavior Guard engine
-Fixes implemented for screen resolution changes
-Issues with dual monitor aka extended desktop are fixed
-Internal bug fixes

The following paragraphs provide a quick PC Tools Internet Security  6.0.1.441 summary of features:

Sliding signatures are a PC Tools technology with the ability to detect threats known to frequently modify or morph. Promptly alerting PC Tools Internet Security, they are designed to locate the common patterns within these types of deceptive morphing threats.

Safeguard against exposing your computer and leaving it vulnerable to attack and unauthorized parties (users or malware) attempting to change key security settings with Password Protection and itsadvanced customization.

Full Screen Detection mode feature is designed for avid gamers and movie/TV viewers to provide an uninterrupted user experience.

Anti-Spyware & Anti-Virus – Provides advanced malware protection that combines the award-winning technology from PC Tools’ Spyware Doctor with comprehensive anti-virus protection.

Advanced Rootkit detection – detection and removal of stealth processes related to complex threats and rootkits.

Anti-Spam – designed to work with a range of popular email clients including all recent versions of Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express and Mozilla Mail (for POP3 & IMAP).

Firewall – The Firewall component incorporates a set of smart application rules which allow you to create a behavior-based set of rules that control how applications connect to the Internet and networks.

Behavior Guard – leading edge protection is provided by this feature that implements zero-day security against never seen before threats and is based on ThreatFire technology.

When updating or upgrading the software, you need fewer reboots when you use the automatic smart update tool within PC Tools Internet Security. For those who wish to manually update, this feature is now simplified to a “2-click” process.

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