PC Tools (company)


PC Tools
Company typeSàrl
Founded25 February 2003; 21 years ago (2003-02-25) (as WinGuides.com)
Headquarters,
Australia
Number of locations
Luxembourg
United States
United Kingdom
Ukraine
Ireland
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Dave Cole
(Vice President and General Manager)
Number of employees
200+
Websitepctools.com

PC Tools' (founded in 2003),[1] formerly known as WinGuides.com,[2] was a software company acquired by Symantec in 2008; the new owner eventually discontinued the PC Tools name. Company headquarters were in Australia, with offices in Luxembourg, the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, and Ukraine. The company had previously developed and distributed security and optimization software for the Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows platforms.

  1. ^ "PC TOOLS RESEARCH PTY LTD". Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  2. ^ "PC Tools Guides for Windows". PC Tools. Retrieved 10 December 2011.