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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista
- Date added: June 18, 2008
- Total Downloads: 1,508,306
- Downloads last week: 8,636
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1290 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 2.2.2.438 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version 2.2.2.438 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of Spyware Terminator 2.2.2.438
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1290 votes
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0 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.2.2.438
"OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Pros: Could NOT ask for anything better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.2.2.438
Pros: have not had many problems. a good extra in the arsenal. i also used the start-up lock utility for awhile.
Cons: i stopped using the start-up locking utility because it didn't keep everything off the start up menu that well. "spybot search & destroy" works better
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1 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.2.2.438
Pros: I think it is a good program
Cons: Win32:Adware-gen was what avast found on a crawler setting a toolbar that you can chose to install while installing this or right after the install.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.2.2.438
"Excellent and easy to use security suite"
Pros: This is designed for the novice. It downloads easily, sets up the same way; everything is pretty much automatic. It integrates seamlessly and thoroughly with existing programs and functions so that you are rarely denied access to anything (if you are is eaily remedied).
It updates virus and spam signatures in real time and you have a lot flexibility in how you want to set up scheduling for scans going forward. It does not have a fast scanner like ESET, but it does not appear to hog resources like Norton.
If you want an internet security suite that runs quietly in the background, does not disrupt your life, but does a great job just the same, this one will do that. Since it is free, this is even better.
Cons: I only have 2 reasons for not giving it a 5 rating (and I did think about this). As mentioned above, the scanner is not a fast one; be prepared for scan time of an hour or more if you have a lot of files. The second is its apparent lack of Zero day detection. That can be easily remedied, but most of the major companies are including that in the package.
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.2.2.438
Pros: This antispyware is excellent! I have it on my Windows XP and it does everything it says and more. Detects spyware, keyloggers, and Trojans very well, and also includes a unique feature, it creates a log of your executables and notifies you when a new program tries to exectute itself. Yes it is annoying when installing new software but its a great feature.
Cons: The scans slow down your computer, but fortunately the scans are rather fast, It is ideal to scan your computer after a session.
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