Just announced by Symantec, their latest product, Norton AntiBot...

Norton™ AntiBot provides advanced, real-time protection against new and emerging malicious bots. It protects your PC from unauthorized remote access and tampering, detects and stops automated botnet attacks launched by hackers, blocks attempts to take control of your PC, and delivers extra protection against emerging "zero-day" threats.

I’ve decided to give my PC a good old once over to look for ways I can improve its start up speed, give it a general performance boost and lastly speed up the shut down process. I’ve had this laptop for almost a year now and have added and removed various programs over that time. 

The first thing I’m going to do is clean out the registry. Now you’re probably asking what the reason is for using a registry cleaner. As you add and remove programmes from your PC and perform day to day functions, the registry, which is an area that stores information about your computer’s configuration, becomes fragmented and cluttered. Cleaning it out every six months or so should improve the performance. There are some that feel you may delete something important in the process but that’s why I’ve decided to start with a review of PC Tools Registry Mechanic 6 as it has a full restore feature in case anything goes amiss. 

Last month's release of PC Tools ' Spyware Doctor 5 has been another success for the company. It has received top reviews from many respected websites and magazines including PC Magazine, Computer Shopper, PC Pro and more.

New features of Spyware Doctor 5 include:

•  Intelli-Scan, which finds and removes threats quickly and efficiently
• Smart Update will now run automatically to protect the PC without the need for a manual start.
• AntiVirus Protection is available for small additional fee, still a fraction of what most other Anti Virus software costs
• Windows Vista Support.