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Spybot - Search & Destroy

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  • 4.0 stars

    "It is worth adding-on to your listing Desktop Icons"

    August 14, 2012  |   By tyronemck

    Pros

    It's a Spyware Program that's been around for many years and still functions well.

    Cons

    {1}: Takes a long time to launch - even from the Quick-Launch Task-bar, it may take a minute or 2 to run the "Check for Problems" program.
    {2}: The Elapsed-Time indicator never shows how many HOURS the "Check for Problems" scanner had been running (I.E. when the scan runs for over an hour, the Run-Time Display in the lower left-hand corner - only shows minutes and seconds). You have to guess for yourself how many hours it took the scanner to finish.

    Summary

    If you have the time to load it to run, it's still a pretty good Application that gives you a lot of details and Advanced-Mode features for experts and tech-savvy users. For normal use it's probably better to Schedule the "Check for Problems" program - so that you can see a display of the results on-screen later on, when it is more convenient to check. If you happen to have a list of DESKTOP ICONS for Spyware, Ad-ware and Mal-ware programs that are dependable and won't cost you anything - you might want to add this one to your "SCHEDULED TASK MANAGER"!

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