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Spybot - Search & Destroy

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CNET Editors' Rating 3.5 stars

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  • 5.0 stars

    "This program has saved me more then once."

    November 30, 2011  |   By carsonights

    Pros

    If this program finds something too dangerous to remove it will ask your permission to do a boot scan of your computer. This has happened 3 times for me in 6 or 7 years. On one of those hits, I researched and discovered I had actually become somebody's bot, and I was under their remote control. Spybot removed it, and I actually sent Spybot a donation on that one! Spybot has a feature to immunize your computer against such attacks, that I update regularly. I have double checked Spybot against other programs of this genre. It has seldom given me a false hit, and never missed anything.

    Cons

    It does not come with automatic upgrades.

    Summary

    Spybot is an essential program for me.

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