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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Date added: December 19, 2008
- Total Downloads: 1,547,955
- Downloads last week: 5,648
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1264 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff on November 07, 2008
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.
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User reviews of Spyware Terminator 2.5.1.028
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1264 votes
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0 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.5.1.028
"Worthless - try SuperAntiSpyware and MalWareBytes"
Pros: Was able to run on a known infected machine.
Cons: Found only 1 of over a dozen items. Incorrectly listed LogMeIn as bad!
Summary: Don't waste your time if you have a real infection.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.5.1.028
"EASILY THE BEST FREE ANTI SPY APP GOING"
Pros: awesome real time protection, as good as any other free or paid, solid detection and good at removal. it is truly amazing that a free program would have real time protection as solid as this one does.
Cons: it wants to have you also install a bunch of crap you do not need, web guard toolbar, do not need it, get mcafee site adviser and WOT ( with firefox ) all you need. its version of HIPS sucks, slows your pc to a crawl.
Summary: bottom line, for a front line anti spy app, as good as it gets, i would NEVER pay the insane jack for a paid program with something like this around. BUT you do not need the web guard toolbar as i said above, its HIPS version is not good at all. i ... read more >>
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.5.1.028
Pros: Great, block almost every spyware malware, adware etc in the real time protection...
Good scanner find me 97% of my spyware vs ad-aware aniversary that found 62%....Cons: The BUT, is simply that the default setting SUCK but defenitly SUCK it block absolutly everything ! but at least you can configure these setting to get more ''liberty''..
Summary: Bottom line its a good AntiSpyware program I recomend it to anybody that is not very familiar with those program, it got a very simple interface..
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.5.1.028
Pros: Decent detection rates for a small program. Very easy to use. Lots of features.
Cons: Web Security Guard(toolbar) is SPYWARE. You can opt out of that but the program itself,with or without ClamAV, a good anti-virus, is spyware in and of itself in that it records your IP address and the type of browser that you use.
Summary: Go to PCWorld.com and PCMag.com for the REAL truth about Spyware Terminator and not what CNET SHOULD have found out about it and clearly was asleep when they scanned it. This is almost as bad as Advanced System Protector, another ROGUE ANTISPYWARE. ... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Spyware Terminator 2.5.1.028
Pros: easy to use user interface ,Excellent real time shields.
The fast scan takes about 1to 5minsCons: spyware terminater does find it hard to find rootkits and keylogges.
Summary: Get it I know it a bit of a nag !!!!, but I know that the team at spyware terminater have plans to Improve see the news bit on they website . Overall I like the shields and user interface
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