CA Inc: CA Releases PC Tune-Up Line to Help Keep PCs Running Like New

CA (NASDAQ: CA) Inc. today announced the immediate availability of CA PC Tune-Up and CA PC Tune-Up Plus line of PC performance optimization products. These new products help pinpoint and repair PC performance problems, clean up hard drives, and keep drivers updated-helping PCs run like new. In addition, the Plus line provides added benefits including anti-virus and anti-spyware protection.

'Having a PC that isn't operating properly or that runs slowly can be very frustrating,' said Tom Neary, director of Product Management for CA's Internet Security Business Unit. 'The typical PC user doesn't know how to optimize their PC to ensure that it's operating at peak performance. PC Tune-Up and PC Tune-Up Plus are like having a technician at your disposal to run diagnostics, identify and fix issues to improve your PC's performance-all with a single mouse click. It is a fast, do-it-yourself tool to keep your PC operating like new, eliminating the headaches that come with a slow or malfunctioning PC.'

Neary added, 'PC Tune-Up uses a cloud-based architecture to minimize its impact on the local PC's performance. This also gives it the agility to update the product in real time and fix products remotely, enabling all users to immediately benefit without the nuisance of downloading and installing product updates.'

PC Tune-Up allows users the convenience of managing scheduled scans for up to three PCs from a single location. An integrated Scan and Fix application makes maintenance simple by running a single scan that can identify issues impacting a PC's performance and then a single mouse click to fix them.

Conveniently categorizing issues by speed, stability, security and overall performance, PC Tune-Up scanning and benchmark testing analyzes video performance, disk usage and fragmentation, registry bloat and more. Customers can even check their own results against a database of more than 100 million other PC scans for a visual comparison of how their particular PC's performance ranks against millions of machines around the globe.

In addition, an automated driver update utility scans the PC to see if it is running the latest drivers, identifying those that are outdated and automatically downloading and installing driver updates.

In PC Tune-Up Plus, these easy-to-use performance-enhancing functions are coupled with anti-virus and anti-spyware utilities that help prevent infection by online attacks.

CA PC Tune-Up and PC Tune-Up Plus Feature Summary

- Industry-leading, user-friendly interface

- Automated driver updates to keep PC up-to-speed and up-to-date

- Defragmentation to maximize hard drive performance

- Junk file clean-up to reclaim wasted hard drive space

- PC optimizer to speed up the PC

- Internet optimizer to speed up internet connection

- Memory optimizer to disable unnecessary start-up programs

- Registry repair to correct system errors and boost PC stability

- Scan report for easy-to-read PC health status

- Anti-Virus (PC Tune-Up Plus only)

- Anti-Spyware (PC Tune-Up Plus only)

To try a free PC performance scan with PC Tune-Up, please visit http://shop.ca.com/downloads/free_trial_software.aspx

Supported operating systems include Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows XP Media Center Edition with SP2, and Windows Vista.

Pricing and Availability

CA PC Tune-Up and CA PC Tune-up Plus are currently available from CA for $39.99 (MSRP) and $49.99 (MSRP) respectively, with a one-year subscription for up to 3 PCs in the household. For a complete listing of all CA 2010 home/home office products and pricing, please visit http://shop.ca.com/ .

All CA 2010 home and home office products are available online at http://shop.ca.com/ or at most major electronics retailers including TigerDirect.com, Amazon, CompUSA, Circuit City, Dell, Fry's, hhgregg, Micro Center, Nebraska Furniture Mart, Newegg.com, Office Depot, P.C. Richard & Son, RadioShack and more.

About CA ISBU

CA Internet Security Business Unit (ISBU) is a unit of CA, Inc. dedicated to the development, marketing and support for CA anti-malware products. The products include a full range of enterprise, SMB and home / home office Internet security software. The products are backed by CA's Security Advisor research team and have received major industry certifications. CA ISBU products are also offered by more than 10,000 resellers and OEM partners including leading Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs). The products are currently licensed for use on more than 70 million PCs worldwide. For more information, please visit http://security.com/partners .

About CA

CA (NASDAQ: CA), the world's leading independent IT management software company, helps customers optimize IT for better business results. CA's Enterprise IT Management solutions for mainframe and distributed computing enable Lean IT-empowering organizations to more effectively govern, manage and secure their IT operations. For more information, visit www.ca.com .

Trademarks

Copyright 2009 CA. All Rights Reserved. One CA Plaza, Islandia, N.Y. 11749. Windows and Windows Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong to their respective companies. CA does not provide legal advice. Neither this document nor any software product referenced herein shall serve as a substitute for the reader's compliance with any laws (including but not limited to any act, statute, regulation, rule, directive, standard, policy, administrative order, executive order, etc. (collectively, 'Laws')) referenced herein. The reader should consult with competent legal counsel regarding any such Laws.

CONTACT: Jessica Cassady, CA Tel: +1 202 513 6306 e-mail: jessica.cassady@ca.com

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