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- Price: Free to try (40-day trial); $29.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: March 22, 2006
- Total Downloads: 2,464,025
- Downloads last week: 2,005
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A newer version of Ashampoo AntiSpyWare is available.
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 616 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Ashampoo Antispyware has been given a major-point upgrade, and there's no doubt that it looks better. But is version 2 worth the $30 tag?
The program has a bothersome registration process required for downloading, something that's unfortunately becoming more common these days. However, it also has a generous 40-day trial period. The tabbed interface looks good and is clearly labeled, making navigation intuitive. The main window shows you Active functions, and one click lets you Deactivate them. The right-side column contains scan Statistics, spyware-signature file version and a link to updates, and quick links to run all the major scans.
The left-side tabs manage the Scans, Quarantine, Logs, Preferences, and Tools. There are a host of features in the last two, from whitelists and schedulers to an Internet tracks cleaner and an LSP Viewer to help manage WinSock extensions. Scan options include a full system scan--prepare for a long wait--as well as options to slice that into specific types of scans such as hard drive or Registry-only. We encountered zero problems when mucking about. No viruses were found, either.
However, there've been numerous false positive complaints, and scans detect all of your Internet cookies as minor threats. Still, Ashampoo Antispyware is a breeze to handle and has most of the antispyware angles covered.
Publisher's description
From Ashampoo :Ashampoo AntiSpyWare protects you against more than 350,000 security threats. Ashampoo AntiSpyWare can monitor and protect your computer continuously. A little background program checks every suspicious file for potential hazards before it is opened, making it impossible for Trojans to install themselves on your computer. Ashampoo AntiSpyWare is a brand-new tool. Building on existing solutions combined with intelligent new strategies and algorithms it provides exceptional protection against spyware and other malware. Its advanced heuristic search and analysis system can actually identify and block new and unknown threats before they can do any damage. It can even detect the highly dangerous Rootkits.
Version 1.10 enhancements: engine now detects more than 350,000 threats and searches are faster.
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User reviews of Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 1.10
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 616 votes
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11 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 1.10
"Deep scan...but little problem"
Pros: Excellent scan but quite slow (about 10 minutes or more) , that is reassuring :it will
find most of spyware existing . Very high CPU & RAM usage to scan drivers folder
& all subfolders , i think Ashampoo team has to work hard to fix 100% CPU usage problem .
Despite this problem while scanning drives & subfolders , it use not so much RAM for the rest
of the scan . Many features...even too much :
-Additional tools(Check of runnin' process-Internet cleaner(very useful)-
File wiper(Permanent delete)-Ip Spam blocker
-Scanning options(full-reg-memory-selected areas-sigle folders)
-Many languagues & additional skins
-Good updates service
-Search for unknown threats (excellent idea but seems not too efficient)
Finally has pretty bright interface .
It's been projected to be a TOP SOFTWARE &...no doubts it is
but with few changes it would be frighten even leader
software houses .
Cons: This application needs , at least , 512Mbytes RAM system to work well ; that is because of excellent engine performing really deep scan .
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 1.10
Pros: Lots of tools. Looks good. Uninstall only leave 3 files/folders to manuallt remove.
Cons: Using PIII/1000/256/XPpro+sp2
Had 1 gig free memory running no other programs.
This program used 99.9% of my RAM, and half way thru scan(25mins) I get error msg that I am out of memory. It was using 950mb of regular memory and all my RAM! Then it froze up! Had to force quit via task mgr. So I uninstalled this hog.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 1.10
"Should rename this program "The Cookie Monster.""
Pros: Removed a few cookies the other antispyware apps missed.
Cons: Says it has 280,000+ spyware signatures in database. Are they all cookies? It didn't detect any spyware when I was repairing a friends machine. Would recommend any other legit antispyware app over this one.
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Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 1.10
"spy sweeper vs ashampoo antispyware"
Pros: spy sweeper vs ashampoo antispyware
Cons: spy sweeper vs ashampoo antispyware
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62 out of 134 people found this review helpful
Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 1.10
Pros: Scans and removes spyware free...for 40 day trial. Ashampoo products are very trusted world wide.
Cons: No complaints, wish it was free forever.
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