Spyware Doctor Starter Edition 5.0.179

• Editor's Rating:

  4.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  3.0 stars (out of 134 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  334,515

• Operating Systems:

  Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 2000/XP/Vista

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  June 28, 2007

• Previous Versions:

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Publisher's description of Spyware Doctor Starter Edition 5.0.179

Spyware Doctor has been downloaded over 100 million times; with a million more downloads every week. Millions of people worldwide use Spyware Doctor to protect their identity and PC security. Spyware Doctor has consistently been awarded Editors' Choice, by leading PC magazines and testing laboratories around the world, including United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and Australia. Spyware Doctor is advanced technology designed specially for people, not experts. It is automatically configured out of the box to give you optimal protection with limited interaction so all you need to do is install it for immediate and ongoing protection. Protection against: spyware, adware, spyware trojans, keyloggers, identity theft, hijackers, tracking threats, spybots, rogue anti-spyware, unwanted software, phishing, pop-ups, and bad Web sites. Starter Edition is a free version of Spyware Doctor, with full scan and remove, some real-time and no time limit.

Editor's review of Spyware Doctor Starter Edition 5.0.179

• 4.0 stars

• "Consult your doctor"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: Spyware Doctor Starter Edition 5.0.179

Spyware Doctor is well-respected enough to get included in Google's software roundup, Google Pack, but like many of its ilk, its effectiveness has as much to do with your surfing habits as it does with how many threats can be picked up by the detection file.

This free app includes limited real-time protection--competitors usually hamstring their guards until you upgrade to the paid edition. Here, the OnGuard protection is limited to the File Guard, which says it prevents unsafe e-mail attachments and other malicious files already hiding on your system from being accessed.

Basic features include two kinds of scans, an "Intelli" scan and a "Full" one, as well as a third, customizable checker. There's also a scheduler, a rootkit component that can be turned off, and the usual links to other antimalware programs by the same publisher.

The Doc has control tabs on the left and the main interface panel taking up the rest of the real estate. It probably has the most intuitive layout of them all, so when you click on a tab, more options appear just next to it without cramping the main screen. Some users have complained that it's a resource hog, although this wasn't our experience. As far as its effectiveness goes, though, Spyware Doctor did us no harm.

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• 1 stars

  Version: Spyware Doctor Starter Edition 5.0.179

  "Be Very Careful"

  by NG6X on July 1, 2007

  Cons: After I ran this program, fixed the items noted, (yes I read the disclaimer), my pc would NOT BOOT. Thankfully system restore saved me. Be very careful..it is NOT on my pc anymore!

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• 1 stars

  Version: Spyware Doctor Starter Edition 5.0.179

  "i wanna download this but i dont know y"

  by noornayyar on March 27, 2009

  Pros: becoz it is free heheheh

  Cons: it requires review

  Summary: i have no experince of it

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• 5 stars

  33 out of 81 people found this review helpful

  Version: Spyware Doctor Starter Edition 5.0.179

  "Pleasant surprise!"

  by goldengreeke on June 30, 2007

  Pros: FUll removal of infections, and works with ALL versions of Windows! Scans and removes the spyware TWICE as fast as SuperAnitiSpyware and Spyware Terminator, and it is FREE, also! PC Tools is keeping this Starter Edition on a low profile, because they would rather sell their main product, and I doubt if this will be promoted much, but I think this Spyware Doctor Starter Edition, is GREAT! Download it today and clean up yor pc of infections.

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