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License:
Free
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Downloads:
108,956,283
- Operating Systems:
Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
No additional requirements
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
January 26, 2009
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Publisher's description of Spybot - Search & Destroy
From Patrick M. Kolla:Spybot - Search & Destroy can detect and remove a multitude of adware files and modules from your computer. Spybot also can clean program and Web-usage tracks from your system, which is especially useful if you share your computer. Modules chosen for removal can be sent directly to the included file shredder, ensuring complete elimination from your system. For advanced users, it allows you to fix Registry inconsistencies related to adware and to malicious program installations. The handy online-update feature ensures that Spybot always has the most current and complete listings of adware, dialers, and other uninvited system residents.
Version 1.6.2 features support for the latest Opera releases, support for Google Chrome, and improved support for fast user switching while Spybot is running.
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Editor's review of Spybot - Search & Destroy
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- "Classic security app"
- Version reviewed: Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2
Spybot - Search & Destroy has been in the antispyware game for a long time offering features we've come to expect in the best apps in the category, but bugs and false positives make it difficult to recommend.
The program checks your system against a comprehensive database of adware and other system invaders. It also features several interface improvements, including multiple skins for dressing up its appearance. Scan results now appear arranged by groups in a tree, and a sliding panel lets you instantly view information about a selected item to help you decide whether to kill it or not. The Immunize feature blocks a plethora of uninvited Web-borne flotsam before it reaches your computer. Other useful tools, including Secure Shredder, complement the program's basic functionality for completely destroying files. Hosts File blocks adware servers from your computer, and System Startup lets you review which apps load when you start your computer.
Unfortunately, the program has the tendency to lock up at times and even during the install process for this review, we encountered several errors. The ambitious feature list and functionality make Spybot a good choice for those in search of a second antispyware program, and recent updates have made it run faster. It still makes errors in flagging spyware that isn't, and overall there are others in the category that do a better job.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 5080 votes
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Version: Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2
Pros: easy to down load
Cons: it took a very long time to down load & it kichs out some sights i have been using the past few years
Summary: it is easyb to update & once installed scan are faster than norton
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Version: Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2
Pros: Keeps up-to-date list of spyware products.
Cons: Lengthy process to scan HDD but worth it if you want to make sure you have not been infected.
Summary: As free software goes this must be a winner.
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Version: Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2
"Imnunizes your PC and Protects Internet Explorer"
Pros: It scans for Spyware okay but scans take awhile.What I love about this is all of the Spyware,bad cookies and restricted site protection it gives Internet Explorer users just like SpywareBlaster.The bad stuff is blocked and cannot get on your PC.
Cons: Only that scans take awhile but the Internet Explorer protection makes this shine.I don't use the real time Tea Timer protection.
Summary: I like it because of all of the Internet Explorer protection it has.What I love about this is all of the Spyware,bad cookies and restricted site protection it gives Internet Explorer users just like SpywareBlaster.The bad stuff is blocked and cannot... read more >>
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Version: Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2
Pros: -it was free-
Cons: This anti-spyware app will find and destroy all that spyware on your pc, unfortunately it destroys way too much whether it is harmful or not.
Summary: Having tried this app out it messed up 90% of all my programmes meaning I had to restore these and uninstall this harmful programme.
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Version: Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.6.2
"not very good rubbish!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Pros: a load off rubbish
Cons: it tell u u have spyware when u dont
Summary: not very good atall in my view but everyone is diffrent cant really complain that much thou as it is free so what can u say nothing much
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