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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 3.x/95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: April 21, 2005
- Total Downloads: 217,837
- Downloads last week: 81
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 15 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Though this antispyware scanner has a limited database of malware (about 450 items), it did a decent job of stopping and finding intruders in our tests. The real-time protection managed to stop all adware trying to install. However, the small database told on scan results so that Free Spyware Scanner missed several malware executables and DLLs (for instance, WebHancer and MultiDropper). The program offers several tools for immunizing your PC against malware (an ActiveX shield, for instance) or repairing your browser and system settings after removing adware (for example, fixing LSP). Free Spyware Scanner's tree interface is not very handy for viewing and sorting large lists of found items. The software won t excite much attention, considering the number of quality free anti-spyware tools.Publisher's description
From Topdownloads :Free Spyware Scanner identifies surreptitiously installed applications. Using updatable ref lists similar to antivirus DAT files, Free Spyware Scanner scours your system, including the registry and temporary Internet files, and looks for traces of recognized adware modules. When it's finished searching, it displays a list of what it found.
Version 9.6 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.7 stars out of 15 votes
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7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Spyware Scanner 9.6
"RUBBISH,AND NOT FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Cons: GET THIS CR*P OFF DOWNLOAD.COM.ITS NOT FREE AS ADVERTISED.ITS SLOW AND HAS A SMALL DATABASE.
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Spyware Scanner 9.6
"I wish to THANK the people that tell the turth"
Pros: Like MR QUENTINTARANTINO
a cnet user
HE:S QUOITS THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FREE
that tell us all its all SHOW and no GO
so dont download some thing that wont let you TRY IT
move on to the Next program
Cons: its the Big 3 time say it with me
give me a C !
now give me an O !
and give me that NNNNN
what Dose it spell
CON !!!!! yell it OUT CON !!!!!!!!!!
not with a k but with that C COOOOOOON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Spyware Scanner 9.6
"Scan was very slow and missed a few test files..."
Pros: It found one of my test files. Average program but would not reccomend this version due to database.
Cons: To slow to use on a regular basis and seems to lack spyware definitions.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Spyware Scanner 9.6
Pros: found spyware on my system but...
Cons: did a slow scan and missed malicious files on my system.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Free Spyware Scanner 9.6
Cons: Not Free.Database tiny!
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