Comments on: Symantec kills PC Tools product line, including Spyware Doctor

By: GDgg

GDgg — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 16:14:00 +0000

Possible true cause of death of PC Tools is increasing competition from free or better alternatives and technical issues.

By: Ankit Gupta

Ankit Gupta — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:41:00 +0000

In reply to Bob in VA. Yes, there are other antivirus programs as well that you may use like BitDefender, Kaspersky and F-Secure.

By: Bob in VA

Bob in VA — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:36:00 +0000

I was a long time PC Tools customer, using both Spyware Dr. and Registry Mechanic. I had a good impression of both products. When Symantec took over I stayed with their Norton product until my PC Tools subscription ran out. Symantec wanted me to renew, but when I checked I found they had nearly doubled the price of the product to $69/year. To put it mildly, this pissed me off. I felt that they must have viewed me as a chump or fool. I now use another product.

By: Ankit Gupta

Ankit Gupta — Mon, 27 May 2013 15:38:00 +0000

In reply to Arlene Velario. Good old DOS program..

By: Ankit Gupta

Ankit Gupta — Mon, 27 May 2013 15:34:00 +0000

In reply to Arlene Velario. Even i have used it before with success. GO ahead. Which version ??

By: Arlene Velario

Arlene Velario — Mon, 27 May 2013 14:08:00 +0000

I actually noticed yesterday, that Spyware Doctor was no longer available. I figured Symantec finally killed it. Well, since I needed an antivirus for a client, I bought AVG, and will continue doing so in the future.

By: Arlene Velario

Arlene Velario — Mon, 27 May 2013 14:06:00 +0000

In reply to Ankit Gupta. yeah, i remember Norton Commander. It was very good.

By: Ankit Gupta

Ankit Gupta — Sun, 26 May 2013 09:14:00 +0000

In reply to jensenjs. I agree with you, Norton was #1 , perhaps at that time there were not many competitors.

By: jensenjs

jensenjs — Sun, 26 May 2013 07:51:00 +0000

To many of you who had bad experiences with Symantec, let me join you.

It is sad that Norton has to be linked to Symantec.

In the V-e-r-yyyy old days, Norton was #1.

By: jensenjs

jensenjs — Sun, 26 May 2013 07:51:00 +0000

In reply to jensenjs.

Stupid spelling software “This male many”
male=many Arrrggghhh 😉

By: jensenjs

jensenjs — Sun, 26 May 2013 07:46:00 +0000

This male many things clear to me now!
I didn’t know that Symantec has acquired PC-Tools. I have used SpywareDoctor for years and been satisfied with it.

For some years ago I stopped using it, because et constantly took all my system resources, it was impossible for me to work at all, when I stopped Spy-ware Doctor all worked fine again.
I later upgraded Spy-ware Doctor, hoping that the problem was solved, but no.

And it was about 2008-2010 this happened.
That’s make me wonder hmmm

By: Ankit Gupta

Ankit Gupta — Sun, 26 May 2013 03:34:00 +0000

If that is the strategy they may struggle to survive in the future