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Norton PC Checkup is a program downloaded either separately or as a bundle with updates to Adobe Flash, provided to enable users to perform a system checkup of their Windows based personal computers. It was launched by Symantec in October 2008,^[1]^[2] and the non-bundled version is aimed at women.^[3] Running the software to end of job results in suggestions that further software or services are bought in order to remove the problems stated to be found.

[edit] External references

"PC Checkup Service". Symantec. http://www.symantec.com/norton/support/premium_services/pc_checkup.jsp. Retrieved on 2009-02-19.

[edit] Notes

↑ "Symantec Launches New PC Help Service: Norton Premium Services Take on Today's PC Problems". International Business Times. 2008-10-14. http://www.ibtimes.com/prnews/20081014/norton-premium-services.htm. Retrieved on 2009-03-23. "The service providescomprehensive PC help offerings including a Norton PC Checkup Service(available 24x7) to identify performance problems"
↑ "PC Checkup and PC Tune-up online Services by Symantec". Windows Vista: The Official Magazine. 2008-10-15. http://www.windowsvistamagazine.com/05582469251182100792/pc-checkup-and-pc-tune-up-online-services-by-symantec.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-28.
↑ "Symantec launches online PC tech support services". CNET News. 2008-10-14. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10065900-83.html. Retrieved on 2008-11-14. "The market for these services, a Symantec representative said, a (sic) skewed toward a female audience that is technical but doesn't have the time to figure out a problem by themselves."

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