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PC Tools ThreatFire 3.5

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Very Good

  • Pros
  • Monitors system activity
  • Blocks brand-new threats
  • Cons
  • Caused occasional PC lockups

PC Tools ThreatFire 3.5 Antivirus Software Review

- Your current antivirus program may offer plenty of protection, but new, unknown threats still could slip through. That's where PC Tools' ThreatFire comes in. Now in version 3.5, this free utility adds an extra layer of protection to the security software you already have. It blocks an impressive number of threats through behavior-based analysis. As can sometimes happen with security tools, however, it caused some system lockups in our testing.

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