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  • 3.0 stars

    "DO NOT USE OF WINDOWS 7"

    December 24, 2011  |   By Crashman2

    Pros

    FOOD FOR LEGACY PRE- WIN7 OS's

    Cons

    CRASHES IN FLAMES ON WINDOES 7 HOME PREMIUM AND PROB ALL WIN7
    THE SPECS THAT SHOW IT AS WORKING UNDER WIN7 MUST BE REVISED ON THE D/L PAGE!

    Summary

    ONCE GREAT- BUT M$ IS ENDING SUPPORT FOR EVEN XP, AND GOOD OL' SPYBOT S&D IS A DISASTER FOR WINDOWS 7! TEATIMER IS A CONFLICTING MEMORY HOG, TOO! INSTALL WITHOUT IT, BUT NOT ON A WIN7 SYSTEM!

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  • Reply by cogentmage on December 27, 2011

    I have Win7 Home Premium 64-Bit & Spybot doesn't crash for me except when saving reports, it crashes 1/5 of the time. Also, I run scans on Avast, Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware & Spybot takes the equivalent resources from CPU/RAM plus some. Oh yeh, do you have Spybot installed on "Program Files" folder or "Program Files (x86)" folder????


    My Computer Spec's:
    OS : Win7 Home Premuim 64-bit
    CPU: Intel i5 2500k (Over-Clocked to 4.5)
    CPU Fan: CORSAIR CAFA70
    RAM: G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB
    Mobo: GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3-B3 LGA 1155
    Video: EVGA 02G-P3-1559-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi)

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