Comparison of 6 free and effective antispyware’s!

It detects more than 800 000 problems all by itself!

This is an antispyware that has over time built up a strong reputation, although you have to wonder whether Spybot Search & Destroy still deserves this or have they started resting on their laurels? In any event, with a detection base approaching 812 000 "nasties", it scans your PC and your Registry looking for spyware, key loggers, Trojans, adware, malware, cookies, rootkits, diallers, fraud hijackers and other problems of all kinds (Verify All button). After the long scan phase, a detailed panel will list all detected threats, explaining their effects and points of interest about each so that you can decide whether you want to back them up before permanently removing them (Correct button). If you have any doubts about what to do, then take a look at the help guide as it is very well written.

Vaccination: preventative protection integrated into the web browser

Spybot Search & Destroy, working to provide you with permanent protection, brings with it modules that load into the Internet Explorer and Firefox browser (not Chrome or Opera). These are Spybot-Search & Destroy Configuration and Spybot-SD IE Protection which you can activate thanks to the Vaccination function, providing you with passive protection which prevents the installation of malicious cookies without you knowing about it. Spybot’s default mode is open to all, while the advanced mode is reserved for experts that want to go through all of the configuration (system report, perform a permanent security on files, load with Windows boot, scheduler, skins for the user interface. In practice, we find Spybot effectively fights against cookies in all browsers, but it isn’t necessarily the best when it comes to the more dangerous spyware programs out there.

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