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- Price: Free to try (40-day trial); $29.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: March 20, 2008
- Total Downloads: 2,483,119
- Downloads last week: 1,129
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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 2 offers twice as much protection as the previous version. Having run a full computer scan for possible infections, the program will remove the infected files immediately. A permanent active background scanner will notify you in advance and offer real-time protection for the computer. While connected to the internet the program makes sure that new malware wont have any chance to enter your system through the back door. Virus definitions on more than 760,000 threats are already included you will be protected against. Virus signatures will be updated online on a regular basis so that your weapon never gets blunt.
Version 2 features: real-time protection of all relevant processes, an integrated task scheduler for automated scanning, is now fully compatible with Windows Vista.
Note: In order to use the trial version of the program, you will have to register for free on the developer's site.
Version 2.0.2 adds guard self-protection, improved Internet Cleaner, fixed possible guard problems on startup.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.0.2 adds guard self-protection, improved Internet Cleaner, fixed possible guard problems on startup.
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User reviews of Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2.02
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 616 votes
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10 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2.02
Pros: It's a difficult program to rate. I got my copy a few months ago for $9.95 (cheap enough) It has 3 skins, one does match my themes on both Vista and XP Pro. Using it on two systems would be nice with the cost per at $5.00 each. It has a huge signature data base if around 1,25 million as of today, It has found a few real nasties and some cookies, some treatments left me wondering.
Cons: Can't say I care for Ashampoo as a software vendor. They send plenty of spam. Running comparisons with Spy Emergency 2007, I found the latter more effective. System scans are slow on both systems and theres only about 40 GB used disk space on either. Active shield gongs which is a pain in the rear end so I don't run it with the shields, used as a back-up scanner only. As a back-up anti-spy program, it's OK but I can't recommend it as your primary anti-spy app.
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Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2.02
"Stable, reliable but a bit sloooow... Okay software."
Pros: I have experienced the anti-spyware software from Ashampoo to be reliable and very, very stable. Sometimes it finds stuff in my Windows registry and everytime it does it has been able to remove the bad stuff that it finds. Thumbs up!
Cons: VERY SLOW... It takes more than 30 hours at my machine to do a full scan of my system.
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Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2.02
Pros: good program
Cons: muszika
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Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2.02
Pros: super tres bon logiciel
Cons: by: did20d03 on 31 juillet 2008
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Version: Ashampoo AntiSpyWare 2.02
"Pretty good, not perfect but pretty good."
Pros: Once you get used to it & how to get through the layers to what you want, it's fairly easy to use & it catches/finds alot of stuff on what I thought was a clean system.
Cons: User interface is so-so till you get used to it. It takes forever to load when booting up, & scanning system is not a quick process either.......
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