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80 out of 100 people found this review helpful
3 stars
Version: Spyware Terminator 1.9
"Scans faster than Ad-Aware and A2"
Pros: I really don't know how to rate this product. Usually if the the product is free and does what the software publisher claims, I give it 5 stars. Spyware Terminator is like a combination of Ad-Aware and Spybot, with a scan that is 4 times faster than either. It also comes with RealTime protection, help and support,and updates. However, it has no Eula or privacy policy to view. When I did a full scan on my test pc, it didn't even find a tracking cookie, but then again I might not have had any as I did a scan with SpySweeper a couple hours before. What it did find was,"UC More". It explained to me that "UC More is a tool bar that installed it's self to my Maxthon browser. I was so happy to get rid of that dangerous tool bar! The only problem is, I have never had Maxthon on this pc. I have Avant, Firefox and Opera. I have never had ANY toolbars on this pc. I don't trust toolbars of any kind. So, since it gave me the false positive, I will give Spyware Terminator 3 stars. Fair enough?
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55 out of 64 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Spyware Terminator 1.9
"One of the best, if not THE best"
Pros: Its free.
It has a cool blue interface which is pleasing on the eye.
IT NOW INCLUDES THE FREE ANTIVIRUS ClamAV. It is integrated into the realtime shield, the on-demand scan, and the update engine...by preference, of course.
The update window has been updated and doesnt need to be revisited to update the information.
The program now includes HIPS, which is an awesome security option for integration with the realtime shield. Its a system which gives you control over the absolute first layer of access to your computer. Not too many programs, let alone antispyware and antivirus programs give you HIPS protection. Defense Wall does, but it aint free. Spyware Terminator is free!
They now have a forum which is linked on the homepage. The development team is very fast to respond to posts.
Beta updates come out very often now with full changelogs.
Scans are quick and require minimal amounts of resources.
Database updates daily.
Cons: Unlike some popular products, like Spyware Doctor and Spy Sweeper, Spyware Terminator does not let you selectively remove items under threats. Its an all or none removal. Either you remove all registry keys/files/folders, or none. Spy Sweeper and Spyware Doctor, for example, let you pick and choose.
Lacks a powerful frontend for ClamAV. WinClam is nice and all, but one can only hope Spyware Terminator provides one better than WinClam...which I think is in the works.
Like every other antivirus program on the market, Spyware Terminator is no exception when it comes to conflicting with other antivirus products. I was running ClamAV in the realtime shield while running Kaspersky realtime shield and it had a noticable effect on my computer's performance.
Threat information is rather limited. Other spyware programs provide a thorough report of every item it detects.
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As long as this stays free, which is expected, it will be one of the top antispyware programs on the market, especially now since it includes antivirus and HIPS. You can't find that kind of combination anywhere else.
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31 out of 43 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Spyware Terminator 1.9
"Recently de-listed off of Spyware Warrior. Awesome software!"
Pros: Its still free.
They have made the system agents tab really easy to work with (changed from version 1.2). You can enable and disable individual agents and set the sensitivity of the active agent in the program.
Since it was recently de-listed off of Spyware Warrior rogue list you won't see anymore bologna posts from some Download.com members about a Spyware Warrior rogue listing.
You can turn on the safe-program alerter. You can see when a program opens, even when a DLL registered and registry entries are added to the Windows registry...its awesome.
Program offers DAILY, automatic definition updates.
You can choose to have it integrate with Windows System Restore.
Cons: The program defaults to having it do a scan everyday. I don't think I will ever get to a point where I have to scan daily, so this is a minor annoyance which I have to change in the program settings.
The window still isn't resizable. The only time this is really an issue is when you are modifying the sensitivity of the system agents, as they don't seem to fit in the defined area for them.
For all you people who prefer a localized version of the program, there is a MENU for changing the program language, however it seems unable to be changed and only has a choice of "English".
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20 out of 35 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Spyware Terminator 1.9
"Its free, it looks like Microsoft AntiSpyware and its fast."
Pros: Its free.
It looks like Microsoft Antispyware, for those of you who like Microsoft's product (which should be all of you reading this).
It scans fast.
It comes with active scanners.
Its scans more than just files...going into the realm of HijackThis...like startup items, BHO's, etc.
Cons: For those of you who like to rip a program for looking like a ripoff, then this program is for you, since its interface is a complete ripoff of Microsoft Antispyware...but who can disagree with them doing that since the Microsoft AntiSpyware appearance is a winner.
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21 out of 25 people found this review helpful
5 stars
Version: Spyware Terminator 1.9
"Best Free AntiSpyware That Has Real-Time Protection"
Pros: real-time protection
hips
auto updates
auto scanning
few false positives
faily fast scanner
realize guys other free products either have no real-time protection, no scheduled scanning or no auto updates. only other 1 i know that offers it is windows defender and it doesnt update as well, and doesnt find as much stuff plus the deep scan in windows defender can take hrs.
Cons: only downsides i know r the HIP is too sensitive and the fact it was developed by a company that used to make spyware, but i c it as who better to make a antispyware program than a company who use to make spyware?
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