Fifth Generation Systems#Search&Destroy
{{Short description|Computer security company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Fifth Generation Systems, Inc.
| logo = Fifth Generation Systems logo.svg
| founded = {{Start date and age|1984|10}} in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
| location = Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
| industry = Computers
| parent = Symantec
| defunct = {{End date and age|1993|10|04}}
| fate = Acquired by Symantec
}}
Fifth Generation Systems, Inc., was a computer security company founded October 1984 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States by Robert Mitchell, Leroy Mitchell, Roger Ivey, and Bruce Ray. All four later left the company after it was acquired by Barry Bellue{{Cite web |last=Font |first=Penny |date=2018-03-05 |title=News alert: Arrest warrants issued for Thinkstream’s Barry Bellue, Morris Alexander |url=https://www.businessreport.com/article/news-alert-arrest-warrants-issued-thinkstreams-barry-bellue-morris-alexander |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=Baton Rouge Business Report |language=en-US}} who was accused by the founders of fraud and continued theft from company accounts for illegal personal use.{{Cite web |last=Skene |first=Lea |date=2018-03-05 |title=Ex-Baton Rouge software company CEO accused of using employees' 401(k) funds for personal expenses |url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/business/ex-baton-rouge-software-company-ceo-accused-of-using-employees-401-k-funds-for-personal/article_aad92412-20a9-11e8-b61d-33926f96267c.html |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=The Advocate |language=en}} Fifth Generation's initial commercial product was FastBack, an early competitor to The Norton Backup from Symantec.{{Cite web |title=Norton Backup 1.x |url=https://winworldpc.com/product/norton-backup/11 |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=WinWorld}}
Fifth Generation Systems software
- CopyDoubler (Mac) – system utility for speeding up file copies and managing file copy queues
- DiskDoubler (Mac) – on-the-fly hard drive compression software
- DiskLock (PC, Mac) – security software incorporating access control and encryption{{cite web |title=Data Guardians |publisher=Macworld |date=February 1993 |url=https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/1993/02/data_guardians.html |last=Schneier |first=Bruce |authorlink=Bruce Schneier |accessdate=2016-08-15}}
- FastBack (PC, Mac) – hard disk backup utility
- PowerStation (Mac){{cite book |title=Dr. Macintosh: Tips, Techniques and Advice on Mastering the Macintosh |last=LeVitus |first=Bob |author-link=Bob LeVitus |year=1989 |publisher=Addison-Wesley Publishing Company (retrieved via Google Books) |page=84 |isbn=0201517337}}
- Public Utilities (Mac) – software with disk optimization, repair, and data recovery functions, developed by Sentient Software{{cite magazine |title=Public Utilities decreases data brownouts |magazine=InfoWorld |publisher=IDG |last=Angus |first=Jeff |page=77 |date=1993-02-08 |volume=15 |issue=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xTsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA77 |accessdate=2017-09-08}}{{cite web |title=Emergency Recovery Tools: Raising Data from the Dead |publisher=MacWEEK |date=1993-06-21 |last=Schneier |first=Bruce |url=https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/1993/06/emergency_recovery_t.html |accessdate=2017-09-08}}
- Pyro! (Mac) – screensaver that displayed fireworks among other user-selectable displays{{cite web |title=THE EXECUTIVE COMPUTER; How to Extend a Monitor's Life |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/02/business/the-executive-computer-how-to-extend-a-monitor-s-life.html |author=Lewis, Peter H. |date=1989-04-02 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=2016-08-15}}
- Search&Destroy (PC) – online and offline virus scanner for DOS and Windows, included in Novell DOS 7
- Suitcase (Mac) – font management utility{{cite magazine |magazine=TidBITS |title=Extensis Rescuing Suitcase |date=1999-02-08 |accessdate=2020-04-15 |url=https://tidbits.com/1999/02/08/extensis-rescuing-suitcase/}}
- Super Laser Spool and Super Spool (Mac) – print spoolers, acquired from Supermac Technology in 1990{{cite magazine |magazine=InfoWorld |title=SUPERMAC SELLS SPOOLER SOFTWARE |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GzwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34 |date=1990-07-30 |volume=12 |issue=31 |accessdate=2016-11-26}}
- Direct Access – a menu system software for DOS.
The company was acquired by Symantec on October 4, 1993, for US$53.8 million.{{cite web|url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/681/91205795000658/filing-main.htm |title=Symantec, Form 10-Q, Quarterly Report, Filing Date Feb 13, 1995 |publisher=secdatabase.com |accessdate =May 14, 2018}}
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