Symantec now uses the PC Tools brand name-acquired from an Australian security vendor in 2008 -for low-cost antivirus and antispyware software PC Tools was the main competitor to Norton Utilities, which Symantec had acquired in 1990. After that the product line was ultimately discontinued. The package MORE PC Tools was released by Symantec's Central Point Division in October 1994 and included additional utilities: Backtrack, CrashGuard Pro (ex-Central Point Recuperator), DriveCheck, DriveSpeed. In June 1994 Central Point was acquired by their top competitor Symantec. PC Tools PRO (Version 9) for DOS was the last stable version released by Central Point Software before acquisition. It was widely considered to have been rushed to publication, despite the objections of many of Central Point Software's employees. Though the 7.0 version sold well, it was criticised in computer trade publications for being overcomplicated and riddled with bugs.
With the introduction of version 4.0, the name was changed to PC Tools Deluxe, and the primary interface became a colorful graphical shell (previously the shell resembled PC BOSS and was monochrome.) By version 7.0 of the package in 1991 several Windows programs had been added to it.
The original PC Tools package was first developed as a suite of utilities for DOS, released for retail in 1985 for $39.95.
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