Labs

The PC Tools Lab page showcases some of the projects that are in development by our Research and Development team.

At PC Tools we are constantly researching and creating new technologies to provide our users with the best anti-malware and system utilities software in the industry. Some are yet to be released to the public.

You can download the tools that are used internally by our research staff. Feel free to browse through our projects and participate in discussions or send in your suggestions via our Forum.

Downloading and using software from this Web Page is subject to the disclaimer below and the EULA applicable to the software.


Browser Defender New

The Browser Defender™ toolbar allows you to surf safely by displaying site ratings as you browse the Internet.

Threat Expert

Threat Expert is an advanced patented automated threat analysis system (ATAS) designed to analyze and report the behavior of security-related risks in a fully automated mode.

Alternate Operating System Scanner

Alternate Operating System Scanner (AOSS) is a bootable anti-spyware scanner which is able to run independently within its own self contained operating system.

Startup Explorer New

Startup Explorer allows a user to customise the startup behaviour of their PC.

Browser Explorer New

PC Tools Browser Explorer is an advanced standalone tool designed to show and change information related to the Internet browsers installed on your PC. Some of the information that is displayed is not usually visible by other means.

Malware Research Center

PC Tools runs an active and highly-specialized research lab, known as the Malware Research Center, which is devoted to researching and identifying new spyware and malware infections for inclusion into our comprehensive anti-spyware database, which forms the 'brains' behind Spyware Doctor.

Patch Scanner New

PC Tools Patch Scanner scans your computer for missing Windows updates and displays the results in an easy to read list.

ThreatExpert Memory Scanner New

TEMS is a "post-mortem" diagnostics tool designed to detect a range of high-profile threats in different regions of a computer's memory. This tool is designed to assist in answering a common question asked by many customers whose systems have been susceptible to threats: "Is my system still infected?"

Mebroot Fixtool New

This is a fixtool that repairs the Master Boot Record (MBR) of a machine that has been infected by the Trojan.Mebroot rookit.

Download Guard New

Download Guard defends against zero-day viruses, spyware, worms, Trojans and other malware using cloud-based verification of downloads from common network facing applications, such as internet browsers.

DISCLAIMER: THE PC TOOLS LABS PAGE CONTAINS SOFTWARE TOOLS THAT ARE EXPERIMENTAL IN NATURE ("SOFTWARE TOOLS"). SOME OF THESE SOFTWARE TOOLS ARE DESIGNED TO DETECT AND REMOVE CERTAIN FORMS OF SPYWARE, ADWARE AND MALWARE FROM YOUR SYSTEM. BY REMOVING SPYWARE, ADWARE OR MALWARE, CHANGES MAY NEED TO MADE TO YOUR SYSTEM’S FILES AND REGISTRY KEYS AND CERTAIN FILES MAY NEED TO BE DELETED. FURTHER, CERTAIN SOFTWARE INSTALLED ON YOUR SYSTEM MAY REQUIRE, AS A CONDITION OF THEIR LICENCE AGREEMENT, THAT YOU USE CERTAIN SPYWARE, ADWARE OR MALWARE. BY REMOVING SPYWARE, ADWARE OR MALWARE, YOU MAY BE IN BREACH OF SUCH LICENCE AGREEMENTS.

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