PC-cillin 2003

The normal uninstall process will not remove all Symantec files from your computer (this has been a serious problem with Symantec from the beginning). In the case of Norton Anti-Virus and Norton Internet Security, the remaining files will conflict with Trend Micro's products. To remove them, go to Symantec's website and download a file named "RnisUPG.exe". Run it, and it will remove the offending files.

PC-cillin 2003 combines anti-virus protection with a firewall. Trend Micro has recently upgraded it by adding anti-spam and spyware protection and renamed it PC-cillin Internet Security 2004. Same price.


Know what you're doing!   November 28, 2003
SZ
20 out of 20 found this review helpful

I bought PC-cillin 2003 largely based on the glowing reviews on this site. I had used Norton on Windows 2000 for almost 2 years but had recently upgraded to Windows XP and after reading the reviews of the latest Norton on this site I got scared off.

PC-cillin was shipped very quickly. My initial installation on Windows XP had a problem with running Update and generated a cryptic error code. I couldn't find any documentation about this error code. I assumed that I had to reboot (is this true?) and after I rebooted I got the same error. However, magically the product then started to connect and update without any intervention!! So you can imagine how pleased I was to be up and running.

Soon, however, when I used Windows Explorer to go to my downloads directory my machine froze with CPU at 99%. I killed Explorer and tried again - same thing! Well, since I knew it had to be PC-cillin because this had never happened before, I started to think about why this was happening. Then, while poking around in the configuration screens it occurred to me that my downloads directory contains a number of very large ZIP files. So I figured out that PC-cillin was opening up every ZIP file and then checking each file for viruses! So I used the configuration tools to disable checking of ZIP files and rebooted again. This worked! Now I am up and running and the product already caught 3 viruses trying to come in through Eudora mail.

The lesson learned is you have to be persistent and understand the principals behind the virus checking. That way, if you get a severe problem you at least have a clue what to do.


Saved me from the doom of a McAfee disaster!   February 22, 2003
13 out of 13 found this review helpful

I purchased the Home Edition McAfee 7.0 that wreaked "Major Havoc" with my system. I had to yank out the McAfee in a week and I had Amazon expedite me PC-cillin 2003.
I took a shot.
After the awful experience with McAfee, I was reluctant to buy even Nortons... then I found Trend Micro and PC-cillin.
Installation was a snap and it does not interfere with my PC like the McAfee. A very nice product!


Dumping MacAfee   April 23, 2003
Steamguy (Washington, United States)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful

I use PC-Cillin at work, our IS guys like it over every other package.

I had been using MacAfee Anti-Virus here at home, but it has become cumbersome, and now they want me to pay for another year.

Sorry, MacAfee. I'll still keep and use the QuickClean, but the 4-minute boot cycle from Anti-Virus is wearing on my patience.

I have found PC-Cillin reasonably easy to update, (I'm on a dialup) plus I can schedule its scans for when I'm not on the machine. It stays out of the way, and only does what you want it to do, when you want it to do it. What more can one say?


Great product at a good price   March 10, 2003
11 out of 11 found this review helpful

PC-cillin 2003 works great with my Windows XP home edition. It doesn't take up much system resources and it can scan my complete hard drive in a reasonable amount of time. So far I have not contracted any viruses or had any problems with PC-cillin causing any crashes or conflicts with Win XP or any other software. I would definitely recommend this product to anyone.