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Symantec will learn great methods of deception!

PC Tools is infamous for automatically billing credit cards and running scary scans of your computer, alerting you to the presence of cookies.

Let's just hope that Symantec doesn't gain more than just technology in this acquisition... while Symantec is no perfect operator either, PC Tools is beyond aggressive...

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I hope you are not slating PC Tools unfairly...as it has no relation to a hoax spyware doctor virus tojan that has been doing the rounds for ages now. It goes crazy over fake alerts and scares the unknowing into parting with their credit card details then it just downloads more junk. Combofix kills it.

I hope the PC Tools people realize that they most probably be la

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I hope the PC Tools people realize that they most probably be laid off. That is what Symantic has been doing. Buying companies and then letting their people go. Big business is so lovely. Thanks Bush!

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