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Spyware Doctor

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  • 1.0 stars

    "Doctor for got the Hippocratic Oath"

    February 2, 2012  |   By THEPEACEMAKER01

    Pros

    Cool sounding name.
    Better than nothing? Maybe.
    Was good four or five year ago.

    Cons

    Setup takes FOREVER. Big, slow and glitchy.
    Very dictatorial. Like a little Mussolini.
    False positives for days. After a scan, pay them & they'll fix your three real threats, plus the 794 made up ones.
    Made by "PC Tools".
    They never met a credit card number they didn't like.

    Summary

    Worst, an iLivid Download Manager loaded "SPYWARE DOCTOR" to my system -- no choice, it just goes with no 'cancel' button -- that sets up an iLivid toolbar to track your browsing habits, and sets your homepage to searchqu/40. Not just so you can try it out searchqu to see how you like it, but forever. Change your homepage & it changes back. Revo Uninstaller could not uninstall iLivid. I tried to delete the protected files, and it tried to uninstall Malwarebytes, PCT's hated enemy. Surprising, malwarebytes didn't help me much. Superantispyware caught it as an "unwanted software launcher' or something like that. While this went on, Spyware Doctor itself bacially tried to take over my PC like it owned the place, making decisions (bad ones) without consulting me. I Revo Uninstalled the crap out of it. No more "PC Tools" stuff for me!

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