Aluria Security Center 4.0

• Editor's Rating:

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• Average User Rating:

  2.5 stars (out of 79 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  105,462

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP

• Limitations:

  Removal-disabled, scan only

• Date Added:

  September 20, 2004

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Aluria Security Center Aluria Security Center 4 Aluria Security Center Aluria Security Center 4.0 Aluria Security Center 4 Aluria Security Center 4.0 Aluria Security Center 1.2.12 Aluria Security Center 4.0

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Publisher's description of Aluria Security Center 4.0

Aluria's Security Center is a comprehensive suite of security applications including Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spam, and Firewall. Aluria has provided world class Spyware protection for years, and can now protect you from other potential security threats. Aluria is the most effective solution, as it exists on over 35 million desktops worldwide.

Version 4.0 adds new UI, faster scan times, bBetter detections.

User reviews of Aluria Security Center 4.0

• Average user rating: 2.9 stars out of 79 votes
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• 1 stars

  1 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Aluria Security Center 4.0

  "Disappointing:("

  by zoril on May 26, 2005

  Cons: I use a number of different spyware removers. Aluria Spyware Eliminator is the one that I like least! To be perfectly honest I very much regret buying it!!!! I prefer Webroot Spysweeper(shareware), + either Ad-AwareSE Personal edition(freeware), or Spybot Search and Destroy(freeware) as alternatives!...

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• 1 stars

  3 out of 6 people found this review helpful

  Version: Aluria Security Center 4.0

  "It sucks!"

  by downloadfreak on February 4, 2005

  Cons: This program is a liar. It says that it found 18 toatal spyware programs but there weren't any because I ran Spybot Ad-Aware Microsoft Antispyware Yahoo Antispy and Spysweeper all together and did not find any of these programs. I think its just bribing you to buy it. I searched for those files in my hard drive did not find a single thing that it said don't download!

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• 1 stars

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Aluria Security Center 4.0

  "Don't Buy It!"

  by pcperfect on June 5, 2005

  Pros: It did find and remove a variant of CoolWebSearch (Win32/startpage.tj) that AdAware, PestPatrol and Spyware Doctor all missed.

  Cons: I posted the following on the Aluria forum under the heading "Interferes with Diskeeper": "I was about to complain about the excessive fragmentation ASC was causing because Diskeeper was unable to open the AluriaCacheFile.dat, when I saw an update available in this blog. I downloaded & installed the update and I was able to fully defragment my hard drive, but now I can't run a boot time defrag! When I uninstalled Diskeeper (I was going to try reinstalling it), my computer spontaneously rebooted. Microsoft suggests that this may be a software driver problem. Until this is resolved, I am uninstalling ASC. There are MANY programs that can adequately manage spyware, but there is only one Diskeeper and I am NOT willing to sacrifice boot time defragmentation for this intrusive, splash screen-running, incompatible piece of ****ware!" The webmaster removed my post after only 15 minutes...I guess they don't want their customers to know about this incompatibility. Don't buy this product!

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• 3 stars

  2 out of 5 people found this review helpful

  Version: Aluria Security Center 4.0

  "Good program, bad about When-u's involvement"

  by Irobotbender on June 9, 2005

  Pros: Shortly after buying this program, I heard about When-u. Although I ran several other antispy programs since then thinking my comp was infested I never seen anything to do with When-u until a week ago & was caught by Spycatcher 3.5 which I installed nearly a year ago. Spybot didn't catch it, but I did run Spycatcher first one night. I don't think When-U comes with Aluria software, it just doesn't detect it. It seem to do a good job, although it is no longer in my start up programs. Has tons of options, but Microsoft & Spycatcher seem to catch the most intrusions.

  Cons: WHEN-U!!! Kinda high priced when you can get similar programs for less or even free. Didn't kill my computer, or slow it down any, except during a scan

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• 2 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Aluria Security Center 4.0

  "Buggy and non-existant tech support"

  by rryan14 on November 8, 2005

  Pros: Beautiful user interface

  Cons: 1) Doesn't remove all the spyware it finds, even after a reboot.

  2) Complains that my copy is about to expire in July 2005, when in fact, I bought it in July 2005. Then it nags me to buy an upgrade.

  3) My PC running XP/SP2 cannot successfully manually reboot anymore as the Aluria tray app stops it from logging off.

  4) And WORST of all: Aluria Tech Support. I cannot get their technical support to reply to my repeated emails asking to clarify the above issues.

  Somewhere on the web, I read a glowing review of this software and dumped Spy-sweeper when that program expired. Big mistake. This has been a complete waste of money.

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