Norton PC Checkup is a free software program for the Windows operating system that will perform a PC system scan to detect threats as well as performance and protection problems. The program will schedule scans of the PC once per week with the additional option to start a scan manually at anytime.
The system scan takes less than a minute to complete and will display an initial rating for each of the elements that have been scanned. More important than the initial rating is the detailed report that can be accessed after each finished scan. This report will display additional information using visual indicators so that the user can see the areas that need improvement on first glance.
Norton PC Checkup Interface
Completed PC Checkup
Detailed Report
The issues that have been found will the displayed on the first page of the report with a link to take action. Additional information are displayed by hovering the mouse over one of the main icons at the top that divide the various areas that have been scanned.
Norton PC Checkup will always offer two solutions to resolve the issues that have been found. Option one would be to connect with the Norton PC Tune-Up service which is a commercial service that needs to be paid for.
Option two lets the user solve the problem manually which will open a website with details on how to do so. The website is relatively generic on the other hand and does not take into account the user’s operating system. The link led to a website with performance tips for Windows XP although the test system was using Windows 7. A link in that article was provided to a similar Windows Vista article but there was not one for Windows 7 at the time of writing.
Norton PC Checkup can provide helpful information if the user manages to look beyond the Norton products that are offered as solutions for those problems. Most – if not all of the – problems that are indicated by Norton PC Checkup after scans can be eliminated with free third party software as well.
Norton PC Checkup can be downloaded from the Symantec website (via Blogs DNA)
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I’d like to give this a try.
…And cost $79.00
OMG! Too expansive. Is Norton PC Checkup a Norton System Utitlities and Norton 360 alternative?
Have heard that it has improved a lot over its previous versions. Hence would like to give it a try if I can win
It should be Portable
I have tried to use Norton pc checkup numerous times but it keeps getting stuck on performance 8-122 for hours and will not progress any further.
One thing that seems to be strange on the performance during scan,the result was excellant,but for that one time,the status changed to good, Would like to know what was done in that the status change so? There is no help section on the program in which I can get some assistance,as on the NIS2010. Can anyone help me on this situation?
It looks nice but it is crap! It gives my pc a performance rating of poor but can’t read one of my memory sticks. It says my security is good and then tells me I’m running AVG – I don’t have AVG I use Avira.
And a lot of people seem to have problems getting rid of it!