Spyware Doctor Continues to Reign With Second Prestigious Editors' Choice Award From PC Magazine

PC Magazine has once again bestowed itsEditor's Choice Award upon PC Tools for its anti-spyware product, SpywareDoctor 3.2. This is the second time that Spyware Doctor has been recognizedby the publication for its superior ability to detect, block and removespyware.

In the current round-up of nine anti-spyware applications, PC Magazinecommended Spyware Doctor's "impressive performance," including thesoftware's new Exploit Guard feature that protects against securityvulnerabilities, such as the recent Microsoft Windows Metafile (WMF)threat.

Spyware Doctor's OnGuard feature proved successful in alerting PC Magazinetesters when visiting potentially dangerous Websites, as well as "crumblingmalicious cookies," and killing spyware installations at launch.

"Spyware Doctor remains one of the fastest anti-spyware scanners," saidNeil Rubenking, lead analyst for PC Magazine. "During testing, SpywareDoctor blocked almost every spyware sample from installing... and detectedall of the keyloggers."

"Our team at PC Tools has done an extraordinary job of developing the mosteffective and trusted anti-spyware product on the market and it's veryrewarding to receive recognition once again from the industry," said SimonClausen, CEO, PC Tools. "As spyware and malware continue to evolve intomore dangerous threats, we are committed to rapidly creating solutions toprotect Windows users."

In addition to receiving two Editors' Choice awards, Spyware Doctor wasalso recognized by PC Magazine as the best anti-spyware product overall forthe publication's "Best of the Year" listing in 2005.

Spyware Doctor is available at major retail outlets including Staples,Amazon.com and CompUSA, and can also be downloaded online atwww.pctools.com for purchase at $29.95 per computer install, including freesupport, software upgrades and live updates for a year.

About Spyware Doctor™

Spyware Doctor, PC Tools' award-winning flagship product, is one of themost technologically advanced and widely used anti-spyware softwaresolutions in the world. Over the past year, more than 30 million copies ofSpyware Doctor have been downloaded, and the product is regularly rankedthe second most downloaded product on CNET's Download.com. More informationabout Spyware Doctor can be found at www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor.

About PC Tools™

PC Tools is a global leader in innovative software products to protect theprivacy and security of Windows® computer users. PC Tools publishessoftware and provides technical resources for securing, protecting andmaintaining the Windows® operating system. More information about PCTools can be found at www.pctools.com.

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