PC Relief Free Edition secures and maintains your computer without bothering you.
Our philosophy is simple - if it's invisible, it's good. That's why PC Relief remains hidden until you click “shut-down”, afterwhich it secures and maintains your computer. The result? A fast and reliable computer that's protected from Internet threats - including computer viruses, spyware, and online attacks.
The Free Edition's features are listed here below.
Anti-virus and Anti-spyware scanning
Virus makers must create viruses that hide from Anti-virus programs if they are to be successful. They do this by either modifying your anti-virus program so it can no longer 'see' the infection or by hiding in ever more cunning ways in your file system and memory. Should a virus achieve this (and they do regularly), then your computer is compromised.
Your antivirus program is powerless to do anything about such viruses. PC Relief however overcomes the ability of viruses to hide by scanning your computer in 'safemode' which presents much fewer places for a virus to hide and so delivers a much higher rate of virus detection than any other method. This is how professionals find and remove stubborn viruses from infected computers.
The possibility of using a compromised anti-virus program is removed completely in PC Relief. You see, PC Relief anti-virus program is always checked against the 'standard' version held on the PC Relief servers, and should even the smallest difference be detected, the programs are replaced before full scans are undertaken.
Through normal computer use, hard drives acquire errors. These errors are the cause of many computer crashes, and they tend to cause slow-downs. PC Relief corrects hard disk errors, and importantly, it catches them early so you're less likely to experience data corruption.
Hard drive speeds are optimal when a computer is brand new, but normal computer use results in longer boot times, slower program startups etc. because files become “fragmented.” PC Relief remedies this major contributor to computer slowness.
When you install a program, it enters data into a database called the Windows Registry. Unfortunately, many programs don't clean up after themselves once you've removed them. The result is a bloated registry that compromises system performance. With PC Relief installed, your registry will be cleaned of redundant data whenever necessary. Nice.
PC Relief makes sure you're running a firewall - if you aren't, it turns on the default firewall. It takes care of virus scans and virus removal without any questions or prompts. PC Relief removes traces of your activity (e.g. index.dat) and protects your privacy using sophisticated antispyware technology. Now you can finally uninstall those annoying security programs that bug you to upgrade!
Spyware removal software and virus scanners are only effective if they're fully up-to-date and used regularly. Do you scan for malicious software daily? Regularity ensures viruses and other malware have fewer opportunities to tamper with system files. Most importantly, regularity prevents spyware hiding for weeks on your computer, stealing your passwords and personal information. Since PC Relief runs every time you click "shut-down computer" without prompting you or wasting your time, it's ruthlessly effective in the fight against Internet threats.
If you have malware on your computer, it will often auto-start and immediately conceal itself when you log in. PC Relief takes this opportunity away from viruses and other nasties by always working from within safe-mode, so its detection and removal rates are higher. Safe-mode also allows PC Relief to scan and repair hard-to-reach system files where malware is most likely to be hidden.
Automatic updates, upgrades, virus and spyware signature file updates.
There is little value in scanning a computer with dated virus and spyware signature files. Viruses are created and modified on a daily basis, and so signature files from antivirus vendors need to be updated at least daily. PC Relief will only scan after it has updated it's signature files.
There is also little point in using an older version of an anti-virus or anti-spyware program. The key reason such programs are updated is that virus makers have found a way of compromising the program and the vendors have responded by patching the newly found vulnerability.
PC Relief automatically updates all the anti-virus and anti-spyware programs, signature files and settings every time before they are used to scan your computer to ensure the best possible security of your computer.
