Symantec Retires PC Tools Security Portfolio

PC Tools. Remember those? Founded in 2003 as WinGuides.com, and acquired by Symantec in 2008, PC Tools provided PCs with security and utility products. As is the case with a LOT of Symantec products, the security suite portion of PC Tools went quietly into the night. A page on the PC Tools web site says that the security portfolio (Internet Security, Spyware Doctor, and Spyware Doctor with Antivirus) was retired on May 18, 2013.

Anyone that has used Symantec products ever, has experienced the Symantec mafia. Symantec has a habit of acquiring good products with a strong customer base (a lot of times they are competing products) and all-of-a-sudden the products just disappear. Over the years we half-expect to hear someone find the missing products in a cemented barrel while diving in the East River. At least this time, Symantec has erected a tombstone and written an epitaph.

Per the Symantec announcement:

There's an entire FAQ dedicated to answering the most common questions customers might have about the retirement. Things like:

The FAQ is here:  The PC Tools security portfolio was retired on May 18, 2013