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Spyware Terminator 2 User Reviews
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"Seems to be fewer features"
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
Pros
The anti-malware protection seems to be as good or better than previous versions
Cons
As near as I can tell, the anti-virus protection no longer exists unless you upgrade to a paid version.
Summary
Because I liked the all-in-one protection of the previous version of ST, I performed a system restore to back my computer up to that version until I can find a suitable substitute.
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"Way too many pop ups!!"
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
Pros
Its an upgrade with a few extra goodies but the pop ups are too much.
Cons
Pop ups and lots of them. If this is freeware then whats with all the pop ups? Looks more like shareware!!
Summary
Well im uninstalling this new upgrade and going back to the previous version and thank god i copied the older version!! Not for me im afraid as its too intrusive!! The nag screens would drive you mad. Not the way to do it im afriad as im getting rid of this nagging new version. Can't even watch a movie without this nag screen kicking off. Back to the previous version!!
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"Good Program If You Can Stand The Ads !"
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
Pros
'Has a lot going for it: ease of use, auto-updating and scan-scheduling (presumably: I haven't tried these yet.), on my system it was fairly light on system resources, and scan times were about 5 minutes for the quick scan, and 25 minutes for the 1st-time full-scan. Installation was smooth, if not terribly quick, and setup in advanced-mode, with a little searching around, went fairly quickly. Also, it runs in real time, unusual in freeware, but time will tell how well that works.
Cons
Here comes the rub: the program constantly tries to sell you it's paid version: almost half of the home and scan pages are devoted to selling product.(I counted no less than 3 different links on the home page to let you spend your money.) Then there's the tool page with 10 tools, all of which are available on other free programs, but only 2 are free here. Helloooo....Also it tries to get you to download a toolbar and change your search-engine, which is easy to opt out of by unchecking the box.
Summary
Despite the above cons, ST managed to catch adware my other programs missed. Clearly, it's a scaled-down version of a pretty good paid program with a lot of features (that I don't care about) turned off. ('Reminds me of Ad-Aware's protection page with everything disabled but process protection.) Apparently both the paid and free versions use the same engine, but I could be wrong & am still researching it and the real-time protection and how it works. As to the performance hit experienced by some of my fellow reviewers, it's not too bad on my system , only about a 20-25% CPU hit and a 5% RAM increase when run alone, as opposed to more than twice that compared to some other programs I've tried. So with good efficacy, the question is whether one can tolerate the bombardment of ads to upgrade. As I was writing this, it just threw up a screen urging me to upgrade- now THAT"S intrusive. But it IS free, so time will only tell if the trade-offs are worth it.
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"Not as good as older versions"
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
Pros
Still provides a good, fast search and identifies most if not all of the "intruders".
Cons
1. Didn't load automatically on Windows startup - had to add it to autostart. 2. Doesn't alway update and/or scan automatically. 3. Since installing it, the computer freezes up on shutdown and in sleep modus. Have to cold boot.
Summary
I like the older version better. (I've been a fan of Spyware Termintor for years.)
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"Good protection"
Version: Spyware Terminator 2
Pros
Many features for free, real-time protection, fast scanning, HIPS protection, database updates every day. New design in this version.
Cons
Antivirus integration only in paid version, but F-PROT is much better than clamAV, which was integration in previous versions..
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