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Spyware Terminator is a feature packed adware and spyware scanner with real-time protection that can remove or quarantine spyware, adware, Trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers and other malware t...
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Recommended by users 80% of the time (51 total)
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Awesome!... |
10/29/2010 15:03:00 |
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Yes
Posted by: busybusy (45) |
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Nice piece of programming! The application is well written and covers everything you would expect and more. The granularity of the control for power users is great. It is great for the general user as well, it protects without overloading the user with pop-up for every action. Also, what is impressive if the logging/reporting. It is detailed, shows what is running, and where it is running! Hence, the Awesome is dually noted!
Kudos to the programmers, they make it happen! Two-Thumbs Up!
Thanks to Crawler Team! 22892
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Good product, but...... |
2/18/2010 08:41:00 |
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No
Posted by: SeSorrow (13) |
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Good product at protecting computers from malware of all types. I used this product for over 2 years, but finally had to uninstall it. Too many alert popups. It became beyond an annoyance. Even the beginning user would eventually turn it off because it is such a hindrance to operating your computer.
As far as the toolbar, you can opt-out of installing it.
And as another reviewer stated, sometimes it doesn't remember an action when you check it to do so. [Editor's note: You should use the Basic mode to reduce alert messages. Advanced Mode will prompt you to approve all kinds of system changes, however this is not the default mode. You can also customize all shield settings.) 22086
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Did not find Antivirus 2009... |
2/10/2010 16:19:00 |
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Posted by: sazhazman (26) |
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I had this on 3 of my computers for around a year before two of them had Spyware issues within weeks of each other. Spyware Terminator full system scans determined nothing was wrong, but I kept getting the "Antivirus 2009" popups. [...] was able to detect the problem and clean both machines. Needless to say, I no longer use this software. 22048
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The one that works! but...... |
2/7/2010 15:50:00 |
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Posted by: Mindach44 (6) |
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Great program but it has too many features. The real time protection does not play nice with other anti-virus/spyware packages. Spyware Terminator has been ineffective at removing "Conflicker" Malwarebytes is better at this function. 22039
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Too many popups, slows down the pc... |
12/4/2009 00:25:00 |
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No
Posted by: DrPCDr_ca (2) |
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It installs 11 services in Internet Explorer and 9 in Firefox. I was able to tweak it down to 2 and 3 respectively. It makes Crawler the default search in IE. I restored the default Bing search.
However, I removed it because it slowed my PC and it pops up too much.
What I am seeking is a real time malware blocker for IE and Firefox that allows me to go to dangerous websites while silently protecting me from malware. It could record its activity in a log file. And most importantly it must NOT slow down my PC.
SpywareBlaster and Spybot provide some protection but NOT real time. 21777
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Great scanner!... |
7/1/2009 11:32:00 |
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Posted by: tubatodd |
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Excellent application!! I have deployed this product to many PC's. It even picks up viruses and rootkits that Symantec Antivirus missed. I highly recommend installing it as a scanner. The "Protect" (real-time detection) mode may be too much for some users. There are daily definition updates so I recommend that you always make sure your definitions are current before doing a scan. 21151
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10/10... |
5/21/2009 09:25:00 |
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Posted by: MOKAIOP (2) |
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Its the best for me, 10/10, try it! 21000
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Found a Trojan and removed it... |
5/18/2009 05:19:00 |
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Posted by: wmcollins70 (2) |
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Spyware Terminator found a Trojan that was slowing my computer down and removed it! I would recommend this product for anyone to use! 20992
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Not for me... |
12/23/2008 14:55:00 |
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Posted by: allcazar (4) |
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Way too much bells and whistles
And I don't like applications that have an extra toolbar to load. For me this is a no on beforehand. I got rid of it as soon as it was installed. 20345
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Does not play well with others... |
12/21/2008 19:03:00 |
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Posted by: Davoid (8) |
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This program seemed to work to good and stopped all my non standard Windows programs to constantly pull block pop-ups even when I checked remember and allow. Had to uninstall it as it was also a memory hog as well... I guess I will stick with the old stand-by "S and D". 20328
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Really kills the bug... |
9/9/2008 05:57:00 |
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Posted by: asp778 (2) |
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Mate... thanks to the developer. I accidentally run 'exe' from internet which end-up IE-7 being hijacked. This spyware really blast the bugs. Recommended to hard-core use whose like underground browsing but accidentally end-up being hijacked. 19564
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I have tried others but...... |
9/1/2008 15:51:00 |
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Posted by: gimpguy (403) |
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I have tried others but keep going back to Spyware Terminator. A great free anti-spyware and even catches trojans, etc... even had a couple of keylogger detects although not sure if FPs or not. Either way, ran this on an old WinME machine, old HP, and newer computers, been running it for a long time now, no slow downs, doesn't get any glitches or anything of the sort. If others having trouble with this, I would look into other issues. ST is the most friendly with other securities that I have found, no conflicts with anything. Great work! 19497
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This one killed that annoying smitfraud-c bug... |
8/8/2008 00:11:00 |
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Posted by: gccradioscience |
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This program really sped my computer and also the pages are loading quicker and all sorts of stuff. Still I still recommend that you use Spybot S&D for verification purposes to check and see if its on the computer or not. Remember Smitfraud-C is the most dangerous malware you don't want to deal with, its best that you get Spybot SandD and this one together for the best protection from spybots. 19364
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Good anti-spyware... |
6/22/2008 12:15:00 |
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Posted by: crazynut (6) |
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A very good anti- spyware. Very few products in the market offer free real protection and scanning. But, using it require advanced knowledge for using it. I is not the quiet kind of protection, but works. 19182
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I like it!... |
3/17/2008 20:10:00 |
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Posted by: SilverFox (9) |
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Very professional-looking program that runs smoothly and reliably. It detected the remnants of a Trojan and prompted a restart. As soon as the computer had restarted, Spyware Terminator resumed from where it had left off and removed the last traces of the Trojan. Have had no problems whatsoever with Spyware Terminator. 18620
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Kind of "iffy"... |
2/16/2008 11:14:00 |
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Posted by: kol2008 (18) |
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After using it on a couple of my laptops for a couple of weeks recently I discovered that it tends to slow down a lot. Has some excellent features, but kind of tedious to use. Might also cause some conflicts with other anti-spyware software. The Spyware Terminator program seems to slowly lose integrity after a time and develop glitches. 18434
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Slowed my PC down badly.... |
2/13/2008 21:20:00 |
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Posted by: Blightyboy |
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Used it for 3 months. Slowed my PC down badly. Things started to go wrong so I also installed Windows Defender. It found 3 Trojans and a host of other spyware problems. I have now removed Spyware Terminator and my PC is back to it's old speed and working just fine. 18422
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Excellent and impressive with caution... |
1/5/2008 13:27:00 |
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Posted by: PCalan (2) |
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It immunizes first time, but doesn't appear to update its immunization database. I am now concerned about Spyware Terminator since I tried to install its WebSecurityGuard - I got violations, warnings and stops from Tiny Personal Firewall 6.5.92. My enthusiasm is now somewhat guarded. 18137
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Wonderful, job on this program!... |
10/23/2007 18:10:00 |
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Posted by: darkocean (28) |
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Finally! I've plagued by the revsc tracking cookie for ages now. All my scanners, As Aware SE, Spy bot search and destroy, and AVG would either not spot it or say they deleted it and didn't! *cheers* Wonderful, job on this program!! I'm keeping it :) 17618
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An excellent program... |
10/13/2007 13:10:00 |
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Posted by: Fitzneightly |
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I have used this for a while now and find it excellent. This is one utility every machine should have. 17553
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Latest version probs... |
8/8/2007 18:46:00 |
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Posted by: wealldoomed |
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Had been using ST and liked it very much until download of latest ver. (2.0.0xxx) Clam AV would not integrate, and computer slowed to a crawl and just generally acted "screwy". Uninstall fixed these problems. I would still recommend it if (or when) it can be straightened out. I use W2K, 512 ram, 3gig Pentium processor, Firefox browser... 17073
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Great antispyware tool... |
7/29/2007 11:19:00 |
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Posted by: dlbean1 (5) |
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This software is developed with the CLAM Anti-virus (which is also available for Linux). You do not need to install CLAM (nor should you if you have a active Anti-virus program already installed). Protects the Windows HOSTS file as well as system settings. Slick interface and fast (or full) system scans. 16999
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Ships with the Crawler Toolbar... |
6/18/2007 00:30:00 |
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Posted by: jackalexander (3) |
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This program now ships with the Crawler Toolbar and the user is given the option to not include it in the install.
However, it does install registry keys and files for the toolbar anyway. These bits of code and files are considered spyware by other scanners such as A-Squared Free.
I do not recommend it's use until this is corrected by Crawler. 16703
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Better if you are have some computer savvy... |
6/7/2007 22:41:00 |
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Posted by: mikemac4344 (8) |
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First the good: the EULA is more than fair; the program installed easily and cleanly; the update facility worked well; the scan was reasonably fast and reasonably accurate and categorized them by tab; when I said "Delete" on the tracking cookies it suggested I Quarantine them first...I like that.
The bad: I let it install the browser toolbar helper and told it NOT to change my default search engine. The Google Toolbar later notified me it had blocked an attempt to change my default search engine. Not nice. The search found two programs it wasn't sure of...that's fine. One it identified only by its CLSID...I had to Google it to determine that it was safe. I doubt some less-savvy users would know to do that. At little less than intuitive: I selected both programs and pressed the Move To button. Then I was given the option to Ignore Once or Move To Safe List. All in all a good program.
I didn't test the real-time engine. 16618
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Pain! don't use it!!... |
6/2/2007 15:34:00 |
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Posted by: pantherman (15) |
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I had nothing but problems with this program. It stopped other security working. I would NOT use it again. 16580
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Thumbs up... |
5/26/2007 20:25:00 |
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Posted by: AMWhan |
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Thumbs up to the makers of Spyware Terminator. It found a keylogger, adware, spyware, a dialer and always catches tracking cookies on my computer when no other paid program would dig it out. User-friendly interface and fast scan, with choice of quick, deep or custom scan. The most important feature is the ability to set time intervals for automatic updates. Very easy setup and has Internet, Application and system guard. Has a good start-up manager and many more features that are too numerous to mention. Absolute necessities for today's internet. Even has the option to use ClamAV. Spyware Terminator is the best I've found. Can't understand why it's free! A must-have for newbies or advanced users. Thank you Crawler! 16534
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Awesome-but eats up resources... |
4/12/2007 17:15:00 |
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Posted by: Stuffeter |
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ST is awesome at detecting and removing spyware, has a good interface and is plain awesome. Two downsides-just like most AS, it slows down the system while it scans. The resident shield is as annoying as SpyBot's. I uninstalled it a few days ago because my comp gets dog-slow. Now it's faster.
P.S. I've seen a lot of people at Betanews give ST bad ratings without even trying it. Crawler has already stopped adware business, and Spyware Warrior confirms that ST is safe and has already de-listed ST from its black-list. I do NOT work for Crawler and I say ST does not have any kind of spyware or adware. 16163
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Try it... |
4/8/2007 18:26:00 |
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Posted by: sweden (8) |
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Its free and does the job. 16123
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Superb spyware security... |
3/9/2007 12:15:00 |
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Posted by: Dragon10 (40) |
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This software had been previously installed on my PC with W98, therefore I did not have the added benefit or security of 'Real Time' protection. I can easily and comfortably state, that I now believe this program [v1.8.4.965] to be extremely comparable with....well let's just say another 'leading brand' of spyware prevention and removal. I do not find Spyware Terminator to be a drain on system resources and find it intuitive and easy to set-up, use and maintain. Well, with live-update enabled it just about takes care of itself while protecting your PC and providing extensive security cover. I find the scanning process to be extremely fast, even in the full scan mode and with the option to schedule a scan built in find this to be a further bonus. I express my sincere gratitude to the developers for their dedication and commitment to providing this superb spyware security measure and prevention utility as genuine freeware. Thank you all very much indeed. 15864
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Armor for your pc... |
3/5/2007 20:00:00 |
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Posted by: Coldsteel (5) |
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I use this tool and i use it all the time. Thank you for making such a sweet Shield! 15842
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Exceptional value.... |
2/24/2007 12:17:00 |
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Posted by: HardwareGuy |
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I performed a very unscientific side-by-side comparison of Spyware Terminator and my registered version of SpyS----er. Spyware Terminator is easy to setup and use and it caught the same junk that it's competitor found. Plus it's free - you just can't beat that! 15760
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One of the best.... |
2/8/2007 20:29:00 |
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Posted by: alnjk01 (126) |
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Have been using this now for about seven months. Medium footprint,easy on system resources and very stable. Probably the most logically arranged panel interfaces of any anti-spyware program! Scanning is relatively fast with good detection rates. The hips portion is as good as any around. The avclam integration is a nice addition as a first or second line av defense. Updates are minimal in schedule and sizes. In summary this is an excellent free program (one of the very few with realtime protection) but like anything else you should not expect it to be a cure all. Additionally you have to take the time to learn all the various settings/options or else you'll be disappointed with the program out of ignorance. 15615
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The only one i have now... |
1/24/2007 13:27:00 |
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Posted by: ArturN (34) |
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I use Spyware terminator for more than 8 months and I recommend it. I do not know any anti-spyware tool that does not slow down the machine while scanning for spyware. Real time protection works fine,lots of interesting features in a way, that i uninstalled other anti-spyware programs I had, like Adaware and Spybot. Terminator with Avast antivirus is all I need. 15417
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I really recommend this... |
1/23/2007 07:37:00 |
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Posted by: Poker_Master |
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Since most good spyware killers cost loads money and make your computer very slow, spyware terminator is free and doesnt make your comp slow down.
I really recommend this to everybody who needs a Spyware killer.
cheers 15394
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Slowed down my computers considerably... |
1/17/2007 07:27:00 |
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Posted by: Rens-KL (6) |
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I installed Spyware Terminator on two of my computers (Athlon 1333 en Athlon XP2400). The software worked fine but my computers became very slow and reacted sluggish. After uninstalling Spyware Terminator the speed problem was over. 15334
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Turned out to be much better than expected.... |
1/16/2007 08:48:00 |
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Posted by: Belatucadrus (15) |
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Having read about Crawlers past links with Ibis, I approached this program with caution and low expectations. I kept a couple of other scanners on to check it out just to be sure.
I needn't have worried, Spyware Terminator is a super bit of kit, highly configurable with a good range of scan settings, excellent real time coverage, automatic updates and scheduling. There is also no nagware trying to get you to fork out for the paid version.
As I haven't been infested with spyware I can't vouch for it's cleaning abilities, but the realtime shield is very good at spotting system changes and giving you the option to permit or block. I really like it and have used it to replace Windows defender on all my PCs, definitely a keeper. 15324
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Interfers with WindowsDefender... |
1/13/2007 19:55:00 |
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Posted by: zeeLaz (21) |
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My WindowsDefender was screwed up because of ST. I had to reinstall WindowsDefender and said goodbye to ST in order to keep it alive. Also the scanning is slow, plus annoying poups asking permission even for OS actions. 15298
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Out you go.......... |
1/12/2007 06:28:00 |
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Posted by: wyzmet (7) |
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Yes it scans slow and does slow your system down while scanning. Clam is ok but don't count on it for your first line, it misses a lot. Got adware pop up windows on my machine while the real time protection was on and it couldnt find it. Only one that caught it was super anti-spyware. Even Adaware SE was in the dark. Can you spell uninstall! 15284
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This software does do a very good job... |
12/19/2006 20:33:00 |
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Posted by: truckdriver |
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This software does do a very good job to be free. But it scans very slow 15118
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Excellent spyware program... |
12/13/2006 18:58:00 |
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Posted by: Kmanslick (4) |
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An excellent spyware program. Found many spyware and adware items that other programs could not find. The only thing that is slightly annoying is that it turns on its real time shield which I don't personally need but other than that its great. I've seen the stuff it scans and it scans everything essential such as BHO's etc. If your looking for a spyware scanner I suggest downloading this before any other. 15058
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An impressive tool for free... |
10/10/2006 11:06:00 |
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Posted by: prettyface (16) |
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I used this software for a week or so this month (Oct '06). Basically the software is a solid enough programme, but it did slow up my PC fairly noticeably.
Another drawback was that the allow/deny dialogue box kept popping up over and over again for software, websites and links I had ALREADY 'allowed' or 'denied', even after a fresh computer startup.
There is the option to switch off the pop up box notifier in the system tray, but that prevents you allowing/denying future new software, links and sites. I also tried it on beginners and advanced settings, and neither made any improvement to the annoying repetitive allow/deny pop up problem.
If I knew how to cure this ongoing prob, I would certainly be using it still. For those reasons, I have decided to stay with Spycatcher Express.
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Great program... |
10/9/2006 19:36:00 |
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Posted by: padre44 (8) |
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Easy to install and use. Better than Windows Defender (which will probably cost after Beta). My thanks to the developers for making this available for free. 14370
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This program has stopped a lot of spyware fro ...... |
10/2/2006 09:46:00 |
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Posted by: cansecur |
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This program has stopped a lot of spyware from getting into my computer. I highly recommend it. 14282
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Great features... |
10/1/2006 22:58:00 |
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Posted by: hrwasp (65) |
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All I can say is Thank you! 14280
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Great but has minor issues.... |
9/25/2006 21:05:00 |
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Posted by: jbseventyone (15) |
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You can not exclude files or folders or partitions, which makes the full scan take more time than I feel is needed, but you can still select which folders to scan individually.
The integration with ClamAV is not perfect, because it can't remember my decisions to ignore
files detected by ClamAV. I wanted to report these detections as false detections, but I couldn't.
Also, Spyware Terminator can't remember my decision when I open an exe
made by shockwave. Other than these two occurrences, Spyware Terminator remembers all of my decisions.
I will still recommend this product to everyone, because I haven't had any
spyware at all on my system since the day I
installed this program. The realtime protection has a lot of features that
work and are very effective. The deep scan is very thorough, and every
file scanned can also be checked for viruses.
Thanks to the author for a very effective program.
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Very nice... |
9/20/2006 01:57:00 |
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Posted by: drkshdw4u (4) |
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Very nice works great love it, something everyone needs thanx so much for this! 14121
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I like it... |
9/17/2006 22:30:00 |
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Posted by: TerryP (97) |
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Real time protection, fast scanning, and easy to use. Wow! 14098
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Great!!!... |
8/30/2006 12:19:00 |
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Posted by: smurfdiety |
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This was the best spyware removal tool i have ever tried!!! I've downloaded many different removal tools, and none worked as good or were as easy as this. please try this if you have the chance, it caught viruses that i never knew i had. 13902
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Excellent... |
8/27/2006 12:19:00 |
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Posted by: viktor |
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It is fast, efficient with good usability 13852
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Excellent program... |
8/26/2006 05:26:00 |
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Posted by: bluehorizon (19) |
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This is an excellent anti-spyware program, more like an all in one security package really, that includes real time protection (very rare for freeware anti-spyware program), automatic updating and Clam antivirus Integration (optional). However, you should still have a stand alone antivirus program installed on your PC. Very low on system resources. Clean interface. All in all a very welcome edition to PC security that will complement your existing programs. Excellent. 13836
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I love it!... |
8/24/2006 19:46:00 |
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Posted by: Smeltchoker (2) |
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Great to see The Terminator at Snapfiles.I've used this little gem for months now. Nice features,great support and be sure to check out the database at the site. I stopped using Spysweeper before my subscription ran out. You have the choice of using ClamAV for realtime and scans, either one or not at all. They also have a nice little parental control program available.
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