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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: September 14, 2007
- Total Downloads: 1,508,306
- Downloads last week: 8,636
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1271 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This spyware scanner and removal tool does the job, but enabling some functions may cause slight slowdowns and it's not ready for Vista.
Spyware Terminator's crisp, clean interface uses simple buttons and tabs to operate and set options. The latest spyware signatures are automatically downloaded, and the real-time protection keeps baby-sitting to a minimum. Real-time protection monitors key spyware types and Windows objects, though slight system slowdowns depend on your machine. Those features and the simple scheduler will make this app appealing to novices.
Advanced users will appreciate Spyware Terminator's flexibility. Setting the sensitivity of various scans is as easy as moving a slider. Experienced users will want to enable the built-in antivirus tool, which extends the power of real-time analysis by comparing program code against a database of known viruses, Trojans, and worms.
From set-it-and-forget-it users to those delving into virus code, all will find Spyware Terminator flexible, simple, and effective, key measures of a good antispyware tool.
Publisher's description
From Crawler :Spyware Terminator includes Real-Time Protection, HIPS, and antivirus. Effectively remove spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers, and malware threats even dangerous threats like Look2Me, BetterInternet, VX2, and CWS. Spyware Terminator is easy-to-use, requires minimal PC resources, and performs ultra fast scans. Protect your computer with powerful real-time protection shield, advanced system scanning and safe quarantine for found spyware. Scan your computer manually or schedule full system sweeps. Perform in-depth scans of your computer's hard drives, memory, process, registry and cookies to seek out and remove all known spyware threats. Includes optional Web Security Guard which displays website reviews and threat level to help identify potentially dangerous Web sites.
Version 2 adds immunization feature, advanced cookie and favorites scan, imrpoves user interface, and adds scan history.
What's new in this version:
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User reviews of Spyware Terminator 2
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1271 votes
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16 out of 19 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
"Very good freeware, but....."
Pros: I used the anti-spy portion (Only) for a long time as a second. Then I got so sick and tired of the active shield interrupting me when I was busy, I uninstalled it. It bugs you more then any other anti-spy program I've ever tried. I no longer have the need f or this program.
Cons: Only detected cookies on my machine and a few false positives. It was such a pain in the rear when I was busy doing other things it's gone. Do not install the toolbar or the anti-virus because there are better free anti-virus options.
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6 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
Pros: Dont you just love that part in the movie where the Terminator walks
into the police staion and start bowing every one away !
its like this software its bow almost 90 % of all the spyware that is finds
makeing it one of the BEST out There !!!
no i'm not beaning played off ! you here me OUT THERE !!
it has a very fast scan and its dosent miss much
has a very Good Data Bace what it miss the frist time around
the updates will catch it the next time around when it updates its Data Bace
i rate it a 8 out of 10 one of the best program i'v ever tride on cnet
i think this software company know it and thay want all of you to try it
becouse once you do and thay start to sell it .youl want buy for Shore !
Cons: this program is a Work of ART the person or person"s who Made this Program
should work for microsoft its better than windows one care
Window One Care could not even find my Duty Socks in the corner of the room
BUT this termintor would wash my socks i BET like it wash all the spyware
out my computer abd its FAST !!! and easy to use
there nothing i didnt like about this program what you dont know your learn fast
how to use it just like to say GOOD JOB !
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3 out of 14 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
"BETTER THAN APPS YOU PAY FOR"
Pros: this has got a good fast scan with high detection rate ..
plus real time protection from spyware + an immunize feature..
all the settings you want so you can have it just the way you want it..
Cons: it dosn't make my bed when i get up in the morning
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1 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
Pros: Yet another phoney `AntiSpyware' product. It seems to be coming into fashion.
Cons: I'd swear that those who rate this phoney garbage as any good are novices. This is the third time I've decided to give it a chance, this time based on the positive reviews here. Yet again it only found 1 or 2 objects. I then tried AVG AntiSpyware Free and it found 10 Medium threats......
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8 out of 11 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
Pros: I feel that this is an excellent anti-spyware program that pulls up a lot of stuff even though the majority is tracking cookies . It has a nice looking , easy to understand interface and is probably just as good if not better than AVG anti-spyware or a lot of the garbage freeware that download.com offers .
Cons: Not really anything I can think of . So far I haven't had to remove any major infections with it so I cant honestly say how well it would do with this .
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