{"id":52806,"date":"2016-03-11T21:12:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T21:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=52806"},"modified":"2016-03-11T21:12:31","modified_gmt":"2016-03-11T21:12:31","slug":"52806-pc-matic-works-pc-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/52806-pc-matic-works-pc-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;PC Matic Works&#8221; &#8211; PC Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PC Magazine provides review of PC Matic, PC Pitstop&#8217;s security software\u2026<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Neil Rubenking of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2500650,00.asp\" target=\"_blank\">PC Magazine<\/a> did a complete review of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PC Matic<\/a>, including its functionality and product features.\u00a0 Initially, he said he wrote off the software as nonsense.\u00a0 However, after his review, Rubenking rated the software \u201cGood\u201d, giving it 3 out of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p>He commented on the \u201csimple installation\u201d, as well as the product\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icsalabs.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ICSA Certification<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPC Matic has received certification from ICSA Labs for malware detection. 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