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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
- Date added: September 21, 2005
- Total Downloads: 14,786
- Downloads last week: 1
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 6 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
As far as we can tell, this free application is designed to thwart browser hijackers, but it has too many problems for us to recommend it on a clear conscience. One of IEscan's biggest miscues is its interface. Though the tabbed design is convenient in theory, certain characters in the wording and drop-down menus appear as mysterious symbols. Also, the wording that is in English is confusing and makes it hard to understand what the program actually does. In our tests, the application failed to detect certain BHOs, including a Winsock added by a well-known adware program. You can kill programs that launch on start-up and running processes, but since IEscan doesn't tell you if entries are potentially malicious, these features aren't too useful. The brightest spot was the tool for blocking certain Web sites, which worked fine. IEscan may be free, but only patient users are likely to find it worth downloading.Publisher's description
From kc :With IEscan you can scan for a browser hijacker, recover a hijacked home page, and repair IE. The application will reset your Internet Explorer settings so your browser will no longer be redirected to an unwanted Web site. For advanced protection, Smart Shields--including a new ADS shield--constantly guards your browser and operating system.
Version 3.5 adds BHO administration.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 1.4 stars out of 6 votes
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1 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: IEscan 3.5
"contains backdoor monitoring device that has been identified as a virus"
Pros: Uses backdoor technololgies that send off false positives to KAV, and several other well know anti-spyware products.
Cons: It is not good enough to be its own software product. Missing to many features still to be a great product! Testing application showed below average success...
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: IEscan 3.5
"Infected! Stay away from it!"
Cons: I downloaded this application and AVG anti-virus reported it as infected with a backdoor!
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: IEscan 3.5
Pros: Get a real browser, pls.
Cons: If you're still using IE, you deserve a horrible infection. And a computer virus, too.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: IEscan 3.5
"contains trojan horse and adware"
Pros: none
Cons: infected
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